Leo Terrell shifted from a lifelong Democrat to a prominent Trump ally and Fox News contributor after endorsing Donald Trump in 2020. He rebranded publicly as "Leo 2.0," offered Trump-style caps for sale, attacked DEI efforts, compared Black Lives Matter to ISIS, and declared the 2020 election stolen. He received a six-figure Fox contract, was appointed senior counsel in the Justice Department's civil rights division, and was named head of the multiagency Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism. His career includes client disputes, judicial rebukes, unpaid bills and tax debt, and reports that he berated DOJ staff over following civil-rights complaint procedures. He is a Black Christian former Democrat with little prior engagement with Jewish communities.
When Los Angeles attorney Leo Terrell, a legal commentator, lifelong Democrat and fiery fixture on Fox News, announced on the network's "Hannity" show that he was voting for Donald Trump in 2020, the MAGA universe went wild. Oliver North hailed him on his "Real American Heroes" podcast. Fox News signed him on as a paid contributor, at a six-figure salary.
In January, Terrell was rewarded for his loyalty when President-elect Trump, praising him as a "highly respected civil rights attorney and political analyst" with an "incredibly successful career," named him senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Justice Department. Terrell assumed his marquee role a month later: as head of the multiagency Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.
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