'Vino Vixen,' alleged blacklist creator, leaves State
Source: Politico
The "Vino Vixen," a Trump administration appointee who gained notoriety over allegations she created a blacklist of disloyal career government staffers, has left the State Department.
The employee, Mari Stull, had her last day at State on Friday, a department official confirmed to POLITICO on Tuesday. It’s not immediately clear where she’s headed to next or if she will land another position in the administration. Her alleged blacklist activities are under federal investigation.
Stull's nickname came from a wine blog she kept before entering government; she’s also been a food and beverage lobbyist. At State, she was a senior adviser in the department’s international organizations bureau, a division that deals with institutions such as the United Nations.
Her deeply conservative outlook made her suspicious of such international organizations. She also harbored strong skepticism of career civil and Foreign Service officials who serve in nonpartisan roles at State. Stull was also among a handful of conservative appointees pushing a proposal to bar U.S. diplomats from using phrases such as “sexual and reproductive health” and “comprehensive sexuality education.”
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/15/vino-vixen-out-state-department-1101555
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