articleThe Brief A top Pentagon official who criticized President Trump in a recorded video is out of a job. Acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, says Brandon Newsom, who worked as a senior official in business operations for the Navy, is no longer employed by the Department of the Navy. Acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, says a top Pentagon official who criticized President Trump in a recorded video which was posted online is no longer employed by the Department of the Navy. Dig deeper:Last week, right-wing activist James O'Keefe released a video reportedly showing Brandon Newsom, who worked as a senior official in business operations for the Navy, being filmed with a hidden camera. In an earlier post on X, Cao said: "The Department of the Navy takes the conduct shown in this video extremely seriously.