Last year, Foreign Policy reported that Mari Stull was “actively making lists and gathering intel” about government employees she suspected of not supporting President Donald Trump's agenda. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Foreign Policy 'Vino Vixen,' alleged blacklist creator, leaves State The wine blogger-turned State Department official allegedly created a list of career government staffers disloyal to President Donald Trump.

The "Vino Vixen," a Trump administration appointee who gained notoriety over allegations she created a blacklist of disloyal career government staffers, has left the State Department.

The employee, Mari Stull, had her last day at State on Friday, a department official confirmed to POLITICO on Tuesday. It’s not immediately clear where she’s headed to next or if she will land another position in the administration. Her alleged blacklist activities are under federal investigation.


Stull's nickname came from a wine blog she kept before entering government; she’s also been a food and beverage lobbyist. At State, she was a senior adviser in the department’s international organizations bureau, a division that deals with institutions such as the United Nations.

Her deeply conservative outlook made her suspicious of such international organizations. She also harbored strong skepticism of career civil and Foreign Service officials who serve in nonpartisan roles at State. Stull was also among a handful of conservative appointees pushing a proposal to bar U.S. diplomats from using phrases such as “sexual and reproductive health” and “comprehensive sexuality education.”

Last year, Foreign Policy reported that Stull was “actively making lists and gathering intel” about government employees she suspected of not supporting President Donald Trump's agenda.

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Her actions reportedly spurred at least three senior officials in the bureau to leave. They also are reported to have led the State Department’s inspector general and the Office of Special Counsel, both of which are federal watchdogs, to investigate.

Democrats in Congress have expressed concerns about Stull’s behavior as part of broader worries about how political appointees in the Trump administration are treating career employees in the government.

Many U.S. diplomats were sore that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn't fire Stull after the allegations against her became public last year. It was not clear Tuesday whether Pompeo played a role in Stull’s departure.