Background
Pollak was born in Johannesburg, South Africa but his parents emigrated to the United States shortly after his birth. He grew up in the Chicago suburbs, principally in Skokie.
Pollak was born in Johannesburg, South Africa but his parents emigrated to the United States shortly after his birth. He grew up in the Chicago suburbs, principally in Skokie.
He attended Solomon Schechter Day School and Niles North High School, where he was the class valedictorian in 1995. Pollak attended Harvard College and graduated magna cum laude in 1999 with a joint degree in Social Studies and Environmental Science & Public Policy (ESPP).
He serves as senior-editor-at-large for Breitbart News Network. In 2010 he was the Republican nominee for United States. Congress from Illinois"s 9th congressional district, losing decisively to incumbent Democrat January Schakowsky with 31% of the vote. In 2010 Pollak was the Republican nominee for United States. Congress from Illinois"s 9th congressional district, challenging incumbent Democrat January Schakowsky, whom he had voted for while still a Democrat (prior to 2006).
He lost, garnering 31.1% of the votes to Schakowsy"s 66.3%.
Pollak was endorsed by the Chicago Tea Party and refers to himself as a Tea Party Republican. Breitbart News
After losing the election, Pollak was asked by Andrew Breitbart to become in-house counsel at his Breitbart.com websites, and Pollak moved to California.
He later became editor-in-chief of the website. Pollak also posted a lengthy article to the website questioning Fields"s account of the incident.
Fields and fellow editor Ben Shapiro resigned over the incident, and questioned the site"s support of Trump.
After Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields alleged she was attacked by Donald Trump presidential campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, leaked internal memos showed that Pollak ordered staffers to stop defending Fields.