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A speechwriter for the United States President Donald Trump who attended a conference frequented by white nationalists was terminated earlier this week after disclosure over his attending conference, according to people acquainted with the decision.

About a police aide and speechwriter Darren Beattle CNN's KFile, earlier this week, reached out to the White House, who was listed as speaking at the 2016 H.L. Mencken Club Conference.

Titled for the early 20th time period journalist and satirist whose posthumously published diaries disclosed racist views - The Mencken Club - is a small annual conference started in 2008 and on a regular basis accompanied by well-known white nationalists such as Richard Spencer.

The White House, which asked CNN to resist on the story for several days earlier this week declined to say when Beattie left the White House. Beattie's email address at the White House, which worked until late Friday evening, was no more active by Saturday.

"Mr. Beattie no longer works at the White House," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told CNN on Friday night. "We don't comment on personnel matters."

It was confirmed by Beattie to CNN that he spoke to the 2016 conference, saying his speech was not offensive.

"In 2016 I attended the Mencken conference in question and delivered a stand-alone, academic talk titled 'The Intelligentsia and the Right.' I said nothing objectionable and stand by my remarks completely," he told CNN's KFile in an email on Saturday. "It was the honor of my life to serve in the Trump Administration. I love President Trump, who is a fearless American hero, and continue to support him one hundred percent. I have no further comment."

As a visiting instructor in Duke university's political science department, Beattie gained prominence in the year 2016 when he signed on to a letter of academic scholars supporting Trump.

He correctly predicted Trump would win the 2016 presidential election.

As a professor, Beattie wrote an editorial for Duke's student newspaper in support of the travel ban and has said he supported Trump's candidacy from the beginning, citing his position on immigration.

By Sowmya Sangam