Former President Donald J. Trump has told aides to hire Laura Loomer, a far-right and anti-Muslim activist with a history of expressing bigoted views, for a campaign role, according to four people familiar with the plans.

Mr. Trump met with Ms. Loomer recently and directed advisers to give her a role in support of his candidacy, two of the people familiar with the move said. It is unclear whether she would serve on his campaign or the main super PAC backing his presidential bid. On Tuesday, after Mr. Trump’s arraignment in Manhattan, Ms. Loomer attended the former president’s speech at Mar-a-Lago, his resort and residence in Palm Beach, Fla.

[I’m curious about the sources. If the campaign (or the PAC) leaked this, why to the New York Times, which would absolutely seize on it as a negative? It makes this look as though dissent and division have already entered the Trump campaign, reminiscent of the chaos in the early months of the Trump White House. Of course, the NYT may not have gotten this from anyone on the campaign or PAC either. We only have the NYT’s word on these sources being reliably informed on these issues. — Ed]