Revealed: top Vance aide worked for far-right consultancy with extremist links

Parker Magid worked for Beck & Stone, which is close to shadowy fraternal order and Claremont Institute

A senior aide to Donald Trump's running mate, JD Vance, once worked for a far-right political consultancy that touts its capacity for clandestine actions" and has links to a network of extremist groups and thinktanks, the Guardian can reveal.

Parker Magid was recently appointed as Vance's press secretary and his employment history links Vance and his circle to elements of the extremist right far outside the mainstream of American politics.