Navarro penned 15-page memo falsely accusing Coates of being Anonymous Victoria Coates, then a deputy national security adviser, was transferred out of the White House amid a whisper campaign that she was the author of the op-ed and book. Peter Navarro answers questions during an interview at the White House in 2019. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Link Copied Former President Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro penned a 15-page dossier falsely accusing his colleague Victoria Coates of being Anonymous, according to a copy of the document that was obtained by POLITICO and captures the backbiting that was rife in the Trump White House.