Senior White House spokesperson to move to Office of Director of National Intelligence
Kush Desai, the White House senior deputy press secretary, will depart the West Wing next month to join the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He will assume the role of assistant director of national intelligence for strategic communications, the White House aide told NewsNation.
Why It Matters
A senior communications official moving from the White House to the ODNI signals a transfer of communications expertise between major federal institutions and could affect how national security messaging is coordinated across the government. The change also creates a vacancy in the West Wing communications team.
Key Facts
- Name: Kush Desai
- Current position: White House senior deputy press secretary
- New position: Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Strategic Communications
- Destination: Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
- Timing: Leaving the West Wing next month
Kush Desai, who serves as senior deputy press secretary in the White House, is set to leave the West Wing next month for a senior communications post at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. According to Desai, he will take on the title of assistant director of national intelligence for strategic communications at the ODNI.
Desai disclosed the move in an interview with NewsNation. The transition shifts him from a West Wing communications role into a position focused on strategic messaging within the U.S. intelligence community.
The departure will create an opening within the White House communications team, where Desai has been part of the press operation. Details about who will replace him or the timeline for filling the West Wing vacancy have not been announced.
Officials at the ODNI and the White House did not provide additional comments in the report. The change reflects a personnel move between two central communications hubs in the federal government, moving a senior White House spokesperson into a top ODNI communications job.
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