Sergio Gor, a once obscure figure in Washington political circles, has emerged as one of the most influential players in Donald Trump’s political machinery. Yet for all his influence, Gor’s origins have long remained shrouded in mystery. Recent investigative reporting by the Times of Malta and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has pulled back the curtain, revealing that the powerful Trump adviser was born not in Malta, as widely assumed, but in Tashkent, Uzbekistan – then a republic within the Soviet Union.

Gor, who now oversees White House appointments under Trump’s renewed administration, plays a pivotal role in selecting and vetting thousands of federal officials. With this kind of reach, many in Washington describe him as “the most powerful man you’ve never heard of.” However, for years, questions lingered about where this elusive operative actually came from. The answer, as it turns out, rewrites much of the public narrative about one of the Trump world’s most important gatekeepers.

According to a notarized Maltese property document and confirmation from his lawyer, Robert Garson, Gor was born Sergio Gorokhovsky on November 30, 1986, in Tashkent, the capital of modern-day Uzbekistan. This detail had never been publicly disclosed, and until now, many believed that Gor hailed from the Mediterranean nation of Malta.

This misinformation was seemingly accepted even by mainstream publications. A December 2024 Washington Post

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