Archive profile
President and co-founder of America First Legal. Hamilton served as AFL’s executive director before entering the second Trump White House as deputy White House counsel, then returned to AFL leadership.
Why this entry is in the archive
A direct personnel bridge between modern legal advocacy and executive-branch legal work.
Timeline
- America First Legal is founded
Stephen Miller, Gene Hamilton and others establish America First Legal as a modern litigation and legal-advocacy organization.
- Legal-advocacy personnel move into government
Gene Hamilton enters the second Trump White House as deputy White House counsel; Stephen Miller also returns to senior White House service.
Relationship records
Gene Hamilton → America First Legal
President and co-founder; previously executive director · 2021–present, with White House interruption
Evidence status: documented
Gene Hamilton → Donald Trump
Deputy White House Counsel in the second Trump administration · 2025–2026
Evidence status: documented