Here is more from Newsmax:
More than 60 senior staff members, fellows, and trustees have departed the Heritage Foundation in the wake of the crisis ignited by President Kevin Roberts' support for Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson, Newsmax has learned.
The departures signal deepening turmoil at one of Washington's most influential conservative think tanks.
In the past week, Andrew Hale, a senior Heritage policy analyst, exited the foundation.
The departures of senior people from Heritage span multiple departments and include longtime policy experts, senior leadership figures, and prominent fellows, according to people familiar with the organization's internal operations.
As donor support has thinned, the organization has increasingly relied on its endowment, said to be worth more than $300 million, to cover operating expenses, a shift that insiders describe as unsustainable over the long term.
Roberts has said he is Carlson's close friend, and it was later disclosed that Heritage had sponsored the host's podcasts for nearly $1 million.
Newsmax notes that the biggest beneficiary of the Heritage departures is likely Mike Pence's think tank Advancing American Freedom (AAF). "AAF has already hired more than 20 former Heritage employees in recent months, and former Attorney General Edwin Meese III has backed a new legal center at AAF, directly competing with one at Heritage that bears his name," said Newsmax.