Overview
- Sameerah Munshi announced her resignation from the White House Religious Liberty Commission’s lay leaders board, citing Carrie Prejean‑Boller’s removal and what she called the administration’s illegal war against Iran.
- Prejean‑Boller’s termination was formally confirmed by a Presidential Personnel Office email after her February hearing remarks questioned whether anti‑Zionism constitutes antisemitism and pressed witnesses on Israel’s actions in Gaza.
- Commission chair Dan Patrick said Prejean‑Boller tried to hijack the antisemitism hearing for a personal agenda, while she argued she was asking legitimate questions grounded in her Catholic faith.
- The Council on American‑Islamic Relations praised both Munshi and Prejean‑Boller for defending free expression, as legal and political scrutiny of the commission’s makeup and transparency continues, including reported FACA inquiries and prior lawsuits.
- The commission, created by President Trump by executive order in 2025 and housed at the Justice Department, has no Muslim full commissioners, with Muslim participants serving only in advisory roles.