Jason Miller (communications strategist)

Miller was born and raised in Edmonds, Washington. He graduated from Edmonds-Woodway High School in 1993. His father was a welder, and his mother worked as a bookkeeper and receptionist.{{Cite news |last=Pavia |first=Will |date=June 2, 2023 |title=The man plotting Donald Trump's return to social media |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/the-man-plotting-donald-trumps-return-to-social-media-3z3srxtdb |access-date=June 2, 2023 |issn=0140-0460}} Miller graduated from George Washington University, where he majored in political science, in 1997.{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Roxanne |date=July 21, 2016 |title=In 1996, Trump adviser Jason Miller was a media-friendly frat boy who knew how to party |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/07/21/in-1996-jason-miller-wasnt-a-trump-bigwig-just-a-frat-bro-who-knew-how-to-party/ |access-date=April 1, 2022}}

Miller's first job in politics, from 1994 through 1997, was as a staff assistant to U.S. Senator Slade Gorton of Washington.{{Cite news|last1=Connelly|first1=Joel|last2=SeattlePI|date=June 29, 2016|title=Author of #SleazyDonald is new Trump communications director|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/New-Trump-communications-chief-Seattle-native-8332925.php|access-date=August 8, 2020|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}

After graduating from college, Miller moved to San Diego, California, where he spent most of the next year as coalitions director for businessman Darrell Issa who unsuccessfully sought the U.S. Senate nomination in the 1998 primary. Miller returned to the state in late-1999 to serve as Issa's political director in his successful 2000 campaign for California's 48th congressional district.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/03/23/meet-the-people-who-will-help-ted-cruz-try-to-get-to-the-white-house/|title=Meet the people who will help Ted Cruz try to get to the White House|newspaper=The Washington Post}} In late 2000, Miller became campaign manager for Ric Keller, who won an open seat in the House of Representatives representing Florida with 50.8% of the vote. Miller went on to serve as Keller's chief of staff and to lead his successful re-election effort in 2002.{{cite web|title=Rudy Giuliani: Press Release - Top Sanford Aide Joins Giuliani Campaign|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=94993|website=Presidency.ucsb.edu|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824120233/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=94993|url-status=dead}} Keller won with 65% of the vote.

From July 2003 to July 2004, Miller managed Jack Ryan's campaign for U.S. Senate in Illinois. Under Miller's leadership, Ryan's campaign succeeded in winning a sharply contested race for the GOP nomination. Ryan's Democratic opponent was Barack Obama, then a state senator.St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 24, 2004, "Senate Race Has Political Feuding" However, Ryan chose to end his candidacy abruptly after a judge in California ordered the unsealing of the Republican candidate's custody file, over the objections of both parents, creating a public furor.{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Kinzer |author-link=Stephen Kinzer |author2=Jo Napolitano |title=Illinois Senate Campaign Thrown Into Prurient Turmoil |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E3D71039F930A15755C0A9629C8B63&scp=1&sq=Jack+Ryan+Jeri+Ryan&st=nyt |work=The New York Times |date=June 23, 2004 |access-date=February 10, 2008}} Ryan was replaced as nominee by Maryland resident Alan Keyes, and Obama coasted to an easy election that November.{{cite news |title=Obama elected as lone black senator |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/03/uselections2004.usa16 |quote=Barack Obama yesterday confirmed his status as the rising star of the Democratic party after coasting to victory in Illinois |work=The Guardian |date=November 2, 2004 |access-date=August 3, 2021}}

Miller then moved to Florida, where he served as political and communications consultant for the successful primary campaign of Mel Martínez for U.S. Senate, against several well-known contenders.Roll Call, January 27, 2005, "Next Stop the White House?" He closed out 2004 doing press and voter-contact consulting in Tom Coburn's winning effort for the Senate from Oklahoma.

In January 2005, Miller was hired to manage the re-election campaign of Virginia senator George F. Allen, widely tapped as a leading contender for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. In an amicable parting designed to help Allen's long-term national ambitions, Miller left Allen's re-election in November 2005 to helm the re-election effort of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.Richmond Times Dispatch, November 23, 2005, "Allen Campaign Official Leaving for S.C." Allen's presidential hopes were dashed afterwards, losing a close contest after several major gaffes, while Sanford cruised to a 55% re-election.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/SC/G/00/ |title=– Elections 2006 |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 25, 2012}} After the campaign, Miller took a job with the State of South Carolina, doing strategic planning for the governor,{{cite web|url=http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article117118463.html|title=He helped Mark Sanford win 2 SC races. Now he's Trump's spokesman|access-date=February 28, 2018}} also serving as Deputy Chief of Staff.{{cite web|title=Former Aide to Rudy, Jason Miller, Signs on with Dezenhall|url=http://www.potomacflacks.com/pf/2008/04/jason-miller-a.html|website=Potomac Flacks}}

National politics beckoned in April 2007, when Miller moved to New York and joined the Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign as Deputy Communications Director.{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=94993|title=Rudy Giuliani: Press Release - Top Sanford Aide Joins Giuliani Campaign|website=Presidency.ucsb.edu|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824120233/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=94993|url-status=dead}} Giuliani ended his campaign prior to Super Tuesday, after finishing third behind eventual nominee John McCain in the Florida primary.

In 2008, Miller joined Denzenhall Associates, a D.C.-based public relations firm specializing in crisis communications, advising major corporations, trade associations, and prominent individuals.

Miller joined the New Jersey–based Jamestown Associates consulting firm in January 2010 as Partner and Executive Vice President, working closely on campaigns with Jamestown CEO Larry Weitzner.{{cite web|url=http://www.potomacflacks.com/pf/2010/01/jamestown-associates-names-jason-miller-as-partner-and-executive-vice-president.html|title=Jamestown Associates Names Jason Miller as Partner and Executive Vice President|website=Potomac Flacks}}

Beginning in 2012 and continuing through 2016, Miller and Jamestown took on several insurgent candidates challenging Republican incumbents. These included Richard Mourdock in Indiana (who defeated longtime Sen. Richard Lugar in the 2012 primary, losing to Democrat Joe Donnelly in the fall;{{cite web|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/how-jamestown-associates-adapted-prospered|title=How Jamestown Associates Adapted and Prospered|date=February 20, 2014|website=Roll Call|access-date=August 10, 2017|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411172844/https://www.rollcall.com/news/how-jamestown-associates-adapted-prospered|url-status=dead}}) and radiologist Milton R. Wolf, who nearly upset Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts in the August 2014 primary. They did work for the Club for Growth PAC, which used Jamestown to help challenge a GOP incumbent in Mississippi and nominate a Tea Party conservative in Nebraska. And in early 2015, they also worked on Ted Cruz's presidential campaign.

In 2013, Miller returned to South Carolina as ad producer and strategist{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/05/08/how-mark-sanford-won-2/|title=How Mark Sanford won|last2=Sullivan|first2=Sean|last1=Cillizza|first1=Chris|date=May 8, 2013|work=washingtonpost.com|access-date=February 28, 2018}} for Mark Sanford's comeback campaign for U.S. House, following the former Governor's scandalous affair with an Argentinian journalist and subsequent divorce.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestate.com/news/special-reports/mark-sanford/article14344337.html|title=Sanford admits affair: 'I've let down a lot of people'|access-date=February 28, 2018}} Despite being actively shunned by national party committees and major donors, Sanford won the GOP nomination with 56.5%,{{cite web|url=http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/46107/116029/en/summary.html|title=SC - Election Results|website=enr-scvotes.org|access-date=March 1, 2018}} and then captured the coastal 1st District seat with 54% in the May special election.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article14429993.html|title=Mark Sanford: The new comeback kid|access-date=February 28, 2018}} Of Miller, Sanford chief of staff Scott English said, "He's disciplined in the middle of a firefight. He's good at thinking about, 'What are we talking about? What are we trying to accomplish?' and then going back on message again... A lot of people come into a safe environment, where they already know the outcome. He takes on challenges."

In 2015, Miller and Jamestown Associates were the principal consultants for media and communications for Matt Bevin in Kentucky.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/kentucky-governor-bevin-conway-elections-215461|title=GOP mounts late offensive in key Kentucky race|first=Kevin|last=Robillard|website=POLITICO|date=November 2, 2015 |access-date=January 25, 2021}} Bevin, who had lost his challenge to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a year earlier, was the surprise winner of a three-way race for the gubernatorial nomination in May—a victory attributed in part to a closing ad by Miller and Jamestown, "Food Fight."{{cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/sam-youngman/article44601267.html|title=Sam Youngman: How Matt Bevin (probably) won the GOP nomination for governor}} After a difficult campaign he was behind in most polls; Bevin then won a 53% to 44% victory against attorney general Jack Conway that November.{{cite news |last=Lasley |first=Matt |title=Bevin elected Kentucky Governor |newspaper=News Democrat and Leader |location=Russellville, Kentucky |date=November 4, 2015}}

During the Bevin campaign and thereafter into early 2016, Miller was Texas Senator Ted Cruz's "digital and communications adviser" in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/ted-cruz-2016-texas-senator-hires-consultants-national-campaign-experience-possible-1673352|title=Ted Cruz 2016? Texas Senator Hires Consultants With National Campaign Experience For Possible Presidential Run|website=International Business Times|date=August 29, 2014}} The Washington Post's Katie Zezima wrote that Miller's challenge was "crafting Cruz's message of unyielding conservatism and spreading it among grassroots groups, where the senator hopes to gain the most support”. Cruz suspended his campaign on May 5, following his defeat in the Indiana primary.

Miller's relationship with Donald Trump dated from before the 2016 campaign. In 2011, when Trump was mulling a 2012 campaign, Miller was slated to serve as campaign manager.{{cite book |last=Salkin|first=Allen|title=The Method to the Madness: Untold Stories of Donald Trump's 16-Year Quest for the White House|publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |year=2019 |isbn=978-1250202819 |chapter=Chapter 19}} On June 29, 2016, the Trump campaign announced hiring Miller as senior communications adviser. BloombergPolitics described it as an attempt to "professionalize" the Trump communications operation.{{cite web|last1=Jacobs|first1=Jennifer|author-link=Jennifer Jacobs |last2=Cirilli|first2=Kevin|date=June 28, 2016|title=Trump Hires Ex-Cruz Aide as Communications Adviser|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-28/trump-hires-communications-director |url-access=subscription|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=Bloomberg News}} After the announcement, some reporters noted the many anti-Trump Tweets Miller had sent prior to the end of Cruz's campaign.{{cite news |last=Haberman |first=Maggie|author-link=Maggie Haberman|date=June 27, 2016|title=Donald Trump Hires Former Adviser to Ted Cruz|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/us/politics/donald-trump-hires-former-adviser-to-ted-cruz.html?_r=0|url-status=dead|access-date=January 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613201243/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/us/politics/donald-trump-hires-former-adviser-to-ted-cruz.html?_r=2|archive-date=June 13, 2022}}

After the election, Miller was part of the Trump transition team, serving as its chief spokesman from November 2016 to January 2017. On December 22, he was announced as the President's choice for White House Communications Director.{{cite web|last=Byers|first=Dylan|date=December 22, 2016|title=Trump picks Sean Spicer as White House press secretary, Jason Miller as communications director|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/12/22/media/sean-spicer-jason-miller-white-house-press-secretary-donald-trump/index.html|access-date=February 4, 2021|publisher=CNN}} However, two days later, Miller declined the offer, stating: "After spending this past week with my family, the most amount of time I have been able to spend with them since March 2015, it is clear they need to be my top priority right now and this is not the right time to start a new job as demanding as White House communications director. My wife and I are also excited about the arrival of our second daughter in January, and I need to put them in front of my career... I look forward to continuing to support the President-elect from the outside after my work on the transition concludes."{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/jason-miller-backs-out-of-trump-white-house-job-232962|title=Jason Miller backs out of Trump White House job|publisher=Politico|last=Miller|first=Jason|date=December 24, 2016}}

His decision came after allegations of an extramarital affair with Trump campaign staffer Arlene J. Delgado.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-communications-director-resigns-twitter-drama-ensues.html |newspaper=New York |title=Trump Communications Director Resigns Amid Allegations of Affair |date=December 26, 2016 |last1=Lanyon |first1=Charley |access-date=January 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229045044/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trump-communications-director-resigns-twitter-drama-ensues.html |archive-date=December 29, 2016 |url-status=dead }} As a result of the affair with Delgado, Miller became the father to a baby boy in July 2017.{{cite news|publisher=The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/from-trump-aide-to-single-mom/536892/|title=From Trump Aide to Single Mom|first=McKay|last=Coppins|author-link=McKay Coppins|date=August 2017}}

In January 2017, Miller sold his interest in Jamestown Associates, and joined Teneo Strategy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/mike-dubke-trump-white-house-communications-director-235138|title=GOP strategist Dubke to run White House communications|first1=Annie|last1=Karni|first2=Eli|last2=Stokols|first3=Alex|last3=Isenstadt|website=POLITICO|date=February 17, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2021}} Teneo advises "Fortune 500 CEOs on crisis communications, corporate communications and media relations," according to the Axios blog. In the role of Trump adviser, Miller had criticized Teneo as a "corporate consultancy" created by Doug Band "to trade off the influence and power gained through the affiliation with [Hillary Clinton]."{{cite web |title = Crooked Hillary Question of the Day: Will Clinton Disclose All Income Gained From Teneo Clients? |url = https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/crooked-hillary-question-of-the-day45 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161030061119/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/crooked-hillary-question-of-the-day45 |url-status = dead |archive-date = October 30, 2016 |website = donaldjtrump.com |date = October 28, 2016}} Miller continued at Teneo through 2019.

In 2017, he became a CNN political contributor. He left the network a year and a half later, citing legal difficulties.{{cite web|author=de Moraes|first=Lisa|date=March 8, 2017|title=CNN Hires Former Donald Trump Surrogate Jason Miller As Contributor|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/donald-trump-cnn-jason-miller-contributor-1202039302/|access-date=February 4, 2021|work=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite web|last=Barr|first=Jeremy|date=September 22, 2018|title=CNN Pro-Trump Contributor Jason Miller Departs Amid Legal Accusations|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-miller-leaves-cnn-legal-mess-1146300|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

In October 2019, Miller began co-hosting, with Steve Bannon, War Room: Impeachment, a daily radio show and podcast intended to advise the Trump White House and its allies into how to fight the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.{{cite news|last=Peters|first=Jeremy W.|date=October 23, 2019|title=Steve Bannon Has Some Impeachment Advice for Trump|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/us/politics/steve-bannon-trump-war-room-radio.html|access-date=February 4, 2021}} The podcast was removed from YouTube in January 2021, following the 2021 United States Capitol attack.{{Cite web|last=Jankowicz|first=Mia|date=January 25, 2021|title=Steve Bannon claims he's getting millions of streams for his podcast, which is banned from YouTube and Twitter but still listed by Apple|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon-apple-podcast-claim-millions-of-streams-2021-1|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=Business Insider}}

The Trump 2020 campaign hired Miller as a senior adviser in June 2020.{{Cite web|last=Isenstadt|first=Alex|date=June 5, 2020|title=Trump campaign hires ex-aide Jason Miller despite past scandals|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/05/trump-campaign-hires-jason-miller-303582|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=Politico}} It was alleged that the Trump campaign routed his $35,000 monthly salary through his former firm, making it harder for the mother of Miller's son to prove his income in court, thus aiding him in avoiding approximately $3,000 per month in child support.{{cite news|last=Dáte|first=S.V.|date=December 27, 2020|title=Trump's Donors Funnel $10.5 Million Into His Businesses During His Presidency|work=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-self-dealing-campaign-slush-fund-donations_n_5fe7b503c5b6acb534585c51|access-date=February 4, 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Waas|first=Murray|date=March 25, 2021|title=Trump aide concealed work for PR firm and misled court to dodge child support|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/25/jason-miller-trump-aide-teneo-secret-deal-pr-firm|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}

In October 2020, shortly after the FBI announced that it had thwarted an attempt by a right-wing militia group to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Miller said it was "shameful" for Whitmer to call out President Trump's divisive rhetoric. Trump had tweeted, "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" in April 2020, which was seen as a rallying cry for opponents of Whitmer. Miller said, "If we want to talk about hatred, then Gov. Whitmer, go look in the mirror."{{cite web |last=Boucher |first=Dave |date=October 8, 2020|title=Trump advisor: 'If we want to talk about hatred, then Gov. Whitmer, go look in the mirror'|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/08/gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot-donald-trump-jason-miller/5927705002/|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en-US}}

In the days before the 2020 election, Miller claimed in an ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos that he believed that Trump would secure a sure win with at least 290 electoral votes on election night, but then Democrats would try to "steal it back" in the following days.{{cite web |last=Politi |first=Daniel|date=November 1, 2020|title=Trump Adviser: Democrats Could "Steal" Electoral Votes by Counting Ballots After Election Day|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/trump-adviser-jason-miller-democrats-steal-electoral-votes.html|access-date=February 4, 2021 |website=Slate}} Spencer Cox, then-Lieutenant Governor of Utah and himself a Republican, stated on Twitter that people should "ignore this type of garbage," referring to Miller's remarks.{{Cite web|title=Spencer J Cox status|url=https://twitter.com/spencerjcox/status/1322933145709080576 |access-date=April 2, 2022 |website=Twitter |language=en}} Cox's additional remarks in response to Miller, in which he stated, "elections are never decided on election night," did not acknowledge the predictions Miller had cited in the ABC News interview that Trump would secure "280" or "over 290" electoral votes (i.e., over the necessary 270 votes to be declared winner) on election night. In his exchange with Stephanopoulos, Miller did not dispute or even address the use of mail-in ballots, and he did not claim that vote counts were typically finalized or certified on election night.

On March 18, 2021, it was announced that Miller had joined Newsmax as a contributor.{{cite web|last=Homan|first=Timothy R.|date=March 18, 2021|title=Jason Miller, Andrew Giuliani join Newsmax as contributors|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/543836-jason-miller-andrew-giuliani-join-newsmax-as-contributors|access-date=March 19, 2021|website=TheHill}}

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In June 2021, it was reported that Miller had left the Trump team to become CEO of a tech company.{{Cite web|last=Klar|first=Rebecca|date=July 1, 2021|title=Trump allies launch new social media platform: reports|url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/561168-trump-allies-launch-new-social-media-platform|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701212800/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/561168-trump-allies-launch-new-social-media-platform|archive-date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021|website=The Hill}}{{Cite web|last=Breuninger|first=Kevin|date=June 11, 2021|title=Trump spokesman Jason Miller leaving his role to join tech start-up|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/11/trump-spokesman-jason-miller-leaving-his-role-to-join-tech-start-up.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624012733/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/11/trump-spokesman-jason-miller-leaving-his-role-to-join-tech-start-up.html|archive-date=June 24, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021|website=CNBC}} Miller was replaced by Liz Harrington. On July 1, 2021, he launched a beta version of the social network Gettr, which is targeted at conservatives and which Miller has described as a "place people won't be canceled".{{cite web |last1=McGraw |first1=Meredith |last2=Nguyen|first2=Tina|last3=Lima|first3=Cristiano|date=July 1, 2021|title=Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/01/gettr-trump-social-media-platform-497606|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701170921/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/01/gettr-trump-social-media-platform-497606|archive-date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 1, 2021|website=Politico}}{{cite news |last=Baragona |first=Justin|date=July 2, 2021|title=Jason Miller Sadly Begs Trump to Join 'GETTR': 'We'd Love to Have Him'|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jason-miller-sadly-begs-trump-to-join-gettr-says-wed-love-to-have-him|access-date=July 2, 2021}} In the first week, Gettr attracted more than 1.4 million users. In a Fox Business Interview, he said "prominent Republicans like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson and more have joined the platform, along with other popular conservative voices like Charlie Kirk, Monica Crowley, Rogan O’Handley and more."{{Cite web|title=Former Trump adviser Jason Miller's GETTR social media platform reaches 1M users days after launch {{!}} Fox Business|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/jason-miller-gettr-platform-1-million-users-after-launch.amp|access-date=January 24, 2022|website=Fox Business}}

In February 2023, Miller left his role as CEO of Gettr in order to work as senior adviser for Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.

Miller met his wife, Kelly, while working for a congressional campaign in California. They live in suburban Washington, D.C. and have two daughters.{{cite web|title=Jason Miller - Managing Director|url=http://www.teneoholdings.com/leaders/jason_miller|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302042258/http://www.teneoholdings.com/leaders/jason_miller|archive-date=March 2, 2018|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=Teneo Holdings}}

He also fathered a child with A. J. Delgado during a two-month extra-marital affair, born six months after his second child.{{cite web|last=Mizoguchi|first=Karen|date=August 10, 2017|title=Married Former Trump Aide Admits Campaign Affair and Love Child, Sending Angered Ex-Mistress to Vent on Twitter|url=https://people.com/politics/jason-miller-aj-delgado-baby/|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=People}}

On September 14, 2018, A. J. Delgado, the mother of Miller's son, filed a suit in a Miami-Dade, Florida, Circuit Court.

Ultimately, the court ordered Miller to pay Delgado thousands of dollars for child support. Miller had said he was working hard to become a "better husband and father" and took his parental obligations "very seriously", and that Ms. Delgado had "turned a simple paternity proceeding into all-out war".{{cite web|last=Sevastopulo|first=Demetri|date=August 27, 2020|title=In rotating band of Trump loyalists, it is Jason Miller's turn|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fbbc0caa-51b7-4087-a86a-b3a6c1b0773f|website=Financial Times}}

Miller and an unnamed Doe denied all parts of an accusation made by Delgado in her 2018 suit in which Delgado claimed that Miller had drugged Doe with an abortifacient drug, by blending a pill into a fruit smoothie.{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-20/jason-miller-lawsuit-reminds-us-of-an-important-free-speech-principle |access-date=August 3, 2021 |newspaper=Bloomberg.com|title=J'Accuse! Allegations Make News Even when They're Unproven |date=April 20, 2021 }} The ensuing controversy caused him to leave his position as a political commentator on CNN.{{cite web |last=Garcia Lawler |first=Opheli |date=September 23, 2018 |title=Jason Miller departs CNN after abortion pill allegation |url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/09/jason-miller-departs-cnn-abortion-pill-drugging-allegation.html |access-date=February 4, 2021 |website=The Cut}} In the suit, Delgado requested that Miller undergo a psychological evaluation, because she alleged that she was told the story by a Republican lobbyist, and she further alleged that journalist Yashar Ali confirmed the story.{{cite news |last=Krueger |first=Katherine |date=September 21, 2018 |title=Court Docs Allege Ex-Trump Staffer Drugged Woman He Got Pregnant With 'Abortion Pill' [UPDATED] |publisher=Splinter News |url=https://splinternews.com/court-docs-allege-ex-trump-staffer-drugged-woman-he-got-1829233105}} Miller questioned the propriety of publishing that unverified claim (from what was then a sealed Florida court filing and was denied by the alleged mistress), causing damage to his reputation. He sued Gizmodo Media Group and Splinter News reporter Katherine Krueger (author of the article) for $100 million for its reporting of the allegation.{{Cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/gizmodo-beats-jason-miller-defamation-lawsuit-abortion-pill-story-1235101/ | title=Gizmodo Beats Jason Miller Defamation Lawsuit over "Abortion Pill" Story | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=August 28, 2019 }} Chapo Trap House co-host Will Menaker was added as a defendant in the lawsuit after Menaker labeled Miller a "rat-faced baby killer" in a Twitter post.{{cite news|last=Suebsaeng|first=Asawin|date=October 18, 2018|title=Ex-Trump Adviser Jason Miller Sues Will Menaker of 'Chapo Trap House' Over Tweet|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-adviser-jason-miller-sues-will-menaker-of-chapo-trap-house-over-tweet|access-date=February 4, 2021}}

The US District Court in New York dismissed Miller's suit, ruling that the "fair report" doctrine (which bars civil actions arising from a "fair and true report of a judicial proceeding") protected Gizmodo from liability for defamation, as the article accurately reported the allegation Delgado had included in the Florida filing. In its ruling, the New York court stated that the Gizmodo article had "essentially summarize[d] or restate[d] the allegations" made by Delgado; by granting summary judgment to Gizmodo (necessarily occurring before the fact-finding stage in U.S. civil litigation), the New York court did not and could not rule on the accuracy of the Florida allegation itself.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/gizmodo-beats-jason-miller-defamation-lawsuit-abortion-pill-story-1235101/|website=The Hollywood Reporter| title=Gizmodo Beats Jason Miller Defamation Lawsuit over "Abortion Pill" Story | date=August 28, 2019 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-aide-jason-miller-loses-lawsuit-against-gizmodo-over-abortion-pill-story | title = Ex-Trump Aide Jason Miller Loses Lawsuit Against Gizmodo Over 'Abortion Pill' Story | last = Eldemire | first = Summer | date = August 28, 2019| website = thedailybeast.com | publisher = The Daily Beast | access-date = May 23, 2021 }}

Miller later brought another suit in Florida, which ended in August 2019 when the court granted Gizmodo's motion for summary judgment, as had occurred in the New York case.{{Cite web |title=Miller v. Gizmodo Media Grp., 407 F. Supp. 3d 1300 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/miller-v-gizmodo-media-grp-llc-2 |access-date=April 2, 2022 |website=casetext.com}} The Florida court applied similar reasoning as the New York court had applied (i.e., the "fair report" privilege enjoyed by publications citing a judicial proceeding) to the claims brought against the publication and author. In its opinion granting Gizmodo's motion, the Florida court opined that Gizmodo and Krueger (whose article made reference to Delgado's third-party allegations, which were denied by Miller and Doe) had disclosed the "potential biases" involved in those allegations, explaining, "by disclosing this information, Defendants [Gizmodo and Krueger] invite readers to decide for themselves" whether the third-party allegations were credible. The Florida court also found that declarations made by Krueger and her editors at Gizmodo suggested that "neither Krueger nor her editors intended to augment the credibility of the accusations...by attributing them to Jane Doe herself."{{Cite web |title=Miller v. Gizmodo Media Grp., 407 F. Supp. 3d 1300 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/miller-v-gizmodo-media-grp-llc-2 |access-date=April 2, 2022 |website=casetext.com}}{{cite news|date=April 18, 2019|title=Podcaster Beats Ex-Trump Aide's $100M Gizmodo Suit|work=Law360 |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1151322/podcaster-beats-ex-trump-aide-s-100m-gizmodo-suit|url-access=subscription|access-date=February 4, 2021}} In May 2021, nearly two years after the case ended, the Florida court approved Gizmodo's request for Miller to pay $42,000 in legal fees incurred by Gizmodo while defending the case.{{cite web |last=Sollenberger |first=Roger |title=Trump Flack Jason Miller Ordered To Pay $42,000 in Legal Fees For Failed Suit |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-flack-jason-miller-told-to-pay-dollar42k-in-legal-fees-for-failed-suit |website=The Daily Beast |date=May 22, 2021 |access-date=May 23, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jason-miller-former-trump-spokesperson-must-pay-legal-fees/| title=Former Trump Spokesman Must Pay $42,000 in Legal Fees to G/O Media After Losing Defamation Suit | date=May 23, 2021 }}

Neither courts' granting of the defendants' motions for summary judgement, which precluded fact-finding by the courts with respect to the underlying disputed third-party allegations against Miller, addressed whether he had actually done what Delgado alleged. In their answers before the Florida court, both Miller and alleged previous mistress Doe denied under oath that they had ever had a sexual relationship. Both testified that Doe had never become pregnant with his child, that Miller had never been to Doe's apartment, and denied that he had given her a smoothie — the drink that allegedly contained the pill. Doe specifically denied that she had ever "lost a pregnancy" as a result of a beverage given to her by him.{{Cite news |date=April 20, 2021 |title=J'Accuse! Allegations Make News Even When They're Unproven |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-20/jason-miller-lawsuit-reminds-us-of-an-important-free-speech-principle |access-date=June 2, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/jason-miller-sues-gizmodo-100m-abortion-pill-story-1152544/|website=The Hollywood Reporter| title=Ex-CNN Pundit Jason Miller Files $100M Lawsuit over Abortion Pill Story | date=October 16, 2018 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-trump-staffer-aj-delgado-now-says-her-boss-jason-miller-raped-her|title=Ex-Trump Staffer A.J. Delgado Now Says Her Boss, Jason Miller, Raped Her|newspaper=Daily Beast|date=November 23, 2023 |last1=Pagliery |first1=Jose }}

In September 2021, Miller and other American right-wing media personalities in his traveling party were detained and questioned for three hours at the international airport in Brasília, Brazil, before returning to the U.S. following participation in a CPAC Brasil Conference. The investigation was part of an inquiry by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes into misinformation allegedly perpetuated by the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro. Miller noted that Brazil was the second-largest market for Gettr, and praised Bolsonaro's supporters as "proud patriots".{{cite news |last1=Sonmez |first1=Felicia |last2=McCoy |first2=Terrence |title=Former Trump adviser Jason Miller briefly detained in Brazil as political tumult grips country |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-jason-miller-brazil-bolsonaro/2021/09/07/a3422d10-0ff8-11ec-bc8a-8d9a5b534194_story.html |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908152218/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-jason-miller-brazil-bolsonaro/2021/09/07/a3422d10-0ff8-11ec-bc8a-8d9a5b534194_story.html |archive-date=September 8, 2021}} Miller later said that Brazilian officials had not accused him of any wrongdoing.Miller Facebook post, September 7, 2021, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158787215804332&set=a.10157005098424332 Miller continued to advise Jair Bolsonaro after his October 2022 election defeat, meeting with the president's son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, in November 2022, as protests and election challenges continued.{{cite news |last1=Dwoskin |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Sá Pessoa |first2=Gabriela |title=Trump aides Bannon, Miller advising the Bolsonaros on next steps |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/23/brazil-bolsonaro-bannon/ |access-date=November 28, 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127135735/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/23/brazil-bolsonaro-bannon/ |archive-date=November 27, 2022}}

On February 3, 2022, Miller was deposed. He described a meeting on November 7, 2020, at which he told Trump that the election results were not in his favor:

Miller: I was in the Oval Office. And at some point in the conversation Matt Oczkowski, who was the lead data person, was brought on, and I remember he delivered to the President in pretty blunt terms that he was going to lose [the election].

Committee Staff: And that was based, Mr. Miller, on Matt and the data team’s assessment of this sort of county-by-county, State-by-State results as reported?

Miller: Correct.{{Cite web |last=House select committee |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Final report |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-REPORT/pdf/GPO-J6-REPORT.pdf |access-date=November 5, 2023 |page=12 |quote=Deposition of Jason Miller, (Feb. 3, 2022), p. 91}}{{Citation |last=January 6th Committee |title=005 JASON MILLER SOT |date=June 14, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srIsUqKatto |work=YouTube |access-date=November 5, 2023 |language=en}}

On June 16, 2022, at a public hearing of the House select committee, Miller appeared via a taped deposition. He stated that on January 5, 2021, he helped Donald Trump craft a statement in response to a New York Times story that said Pence disagreed with Trump's claims that Pence had the authority to change the results of the election. In the statement, Trump claimed that he and Vice President Mike Pence were in agreement, while in fact Pence had made clear multiple times that he disagreed strongly with Trump on this issue.

Marc Short, Pence's Chief of Staff, expressed his displeasure that Miller had allowed such a statement to be released without consulting Pence.{{Cite web |title=Jason Miller Says President Trump Dictated Statement That VP Pence Could Determine Election {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5020131/jason-miller-president-trump-dictated-statement-vp-pence-determine-election |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=www.c-span.org}}

• Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
• Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016–election day)
• Timeline of post-election transition following Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

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