BySHAWN COHEN, US SENIOR REPORTERandLAURA PARNABY, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published:15:52 EDT, 22 April 2026|Updated:16:52 EDT, 22 April 2026
A glamorous Trump aide has been suspended from her job after the Daily Mail exposed her dates with older 'sugar daddies' for cash.
Julia Varvaro, 29, was put on leave from her job as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism on Wednesday afternoon, hours afterwe revealed her shameless money-grabbing anticswith a much older boyfriend who gave his name as Robert B.
A Department of Homeland Security source told the Daily Mail: 'Julia Varvaro is on administrative leave as a result of the investigation and she is no longer serving in her capacity as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at DHS.'
Varvaro's hunger for money and gifts from older men sparked national security fears.
One of the 'sugar daddies,' Robert B, a divorced fathertold his story to the Daily Mail after meeting Vavaro on a notorious website.
Julia Vavaro, pictured with ex-boyfriend Robert B, has been suspended from her job in the Trump administration after her 'sugar daddy' relationships were exposed by the Daily Mail
Varvaro, pictured with the president, worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism within the Department of Homeland Security
Varvaro earned her PhD in Homeland Security in 2024, and has served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism since May 2025.
Source: Drudge Report
