from wiki hard to believe they admit all this :

"Ellis served as the Senior Associate Counsel to the President and Deputy Legal Advisor to the National Security Council (NSC).[6] In March 2020 Ellis was appointed Senior Director for Intelligence on the NSC.[7][8] After Trump lost his bid for re-election in November 2020, Ellis was named general counsel of the National Security Agency, though he did not immediately assume the position and NSA director Paul Nakasone opposed the appointment.[9][10][4] The latter position was within the federal civil service, giving Ellis additional employment protections.[5] The placement was contentious given that a political operative was embedded into a career civilian position.[11] Four days before Trump left office in January 2021, acting defense secretary Christopher Miller ordered the NSA to install Ellis.[12] "