Natalie Harp 'alarmed' campaign staff and Secret Service: Former Trump aide

Sarah Matthews, a deputy White House press secretary during President Donald Trump's first term, said this week that White House aide Natalie Harp's closeness to Trump had 'alarmed' the Secret Service and unnerved his 2024 campaign staff. Matthews' comments, made during an appearance on CNN's Laura Coates Live on Monday, came a day after Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, singled out Harp by name at a campaign rally, accusing Trump of preferring to 'travel with Natalie' instead of doing his job. 'They tried to get her to not stay at Bedminster that summer while they were on the campaign trail, because even campaign staff recognized that it was a weird relationship between the two,' Matthews said, referring to efforts by Trump's 2024 campaign staff to keep Harp from staying with him at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. 'So what did Natalie Harp do? She found a workaround. She stayed in the women's locker room all summer long. So I think that it's fair to point out the sycophancy of her in particular, and their close relationship.' Multiple outlets, including The New York Times, have reported concerns about Harp's relationship with Trump. The Secret Service reportedly came to view her as a security consideration, while aides, including incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles, were reportedly unsettled by her access, according to Regime Change, by journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.