Gorka seemed to hedge this statement to The Telegraph on Sunday.

“By the bylaws I inherited the title of Vitez through the merits of my father,” Gorka told the site, “but I never swore allegiance formally.”

In an interview with Breitbart on Tuesday, Gorka characterized the reports about his alleged ties to Hungarian far right groups as an attempt by the media to discredit President Trump.

“Of course, the attacks we’ve seen in the last month are outrageous and dishonest, but I don’t really take it personally,” Gorka said. “These attacks aren’t about me, really; they’re about making sure that the American people don’t get the policies they resoundingly voted for.”

He added that “as the son of parents who survived the Nazi takeover of Hungary and then the nightmare of Communism, these attacks have no power over me.”