James Percival is the seventh General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the leadership of President Donald Trump.
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REAL AF with Andy FrisellaOct 28, 2026
Sources consistently show James Percival serving as General Counsel of DHS from December 2025 onward, confirmed by the Senate on 12/18/2025 after his nomination by President Trump, so he held the post as of 2026-10-28.
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What was said
… That's not really happened. That's propaganda. Oh, okay, so these people that are like, 'We are here,' it's made up, Right, right, right, right. Yeah, you know, I like, I gotta give him some credit. Also gotta give some credit to this guy here. This is James Percival, okay? He is the seventh General Counsel of the Us. Department of Homeland Security under the leadership of President Donald Trump. So he specifically focuses in on ICE. He's, right, his General Counsel for ICE, for that agency, um, under the Department of Homeland Security. I thought I was a troll online, and you know how I get down, dog, you know, this way. …
REAL AF with Andy Frisella · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The DHS Office of the General Counsel page states that 'The General Counsel is James H. Percival.'[2]
Supports. The Congress.gov record shows the Senate confirmed James Percival as General Counsel of DHS on 12/18/2025 by a 53-43 vote, following his nomination to succeed Jonathan Eugene Meyer.[3]
Supports. A Reuters article from July 2026 identifies DHS General Counsel James Percival, quoting him in an official statement, which shows he held the post during 2026.[1]
Supports. Percival's own X profile describes him as the 'Seventh General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump,' which matches the claim's wording but is self-published rather than independent corroboration.[4]
Context. Wikipedia lists Percival as assuming office on December 22, 2025, under President Trump, and as preceded by Jonathan Meyer, which is consistent with the confirmation record but is a low-credibility source.[5]
Context. No independent source in the set counts Percival as the seventh GC, so the ordinal rests on his self-description and the claimant's repetition of it.[4]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 2 not rated
- 1ICE claims US asylum lawyer faked records in dozens of cases ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Office of the General Counseldhs.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3PN26-37 - Nomination of James Percival for Department ...congress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4James Percival (@DHSGenCounsel) / Posts / Xx.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5James H. Percival - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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