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The Times talked to more than half a dozen former executives who said they had similar experiences and that Wiggins injected fear among staffers, belittled people and iced out critics.

Mrs. Barzman and her husband and fellow screenwriter, Ben Barzman, were among the hundreds of film industry figures — including screenwriters, actors, directors, stagehands and technicians — who found themselves iced out of Hollywood after World War II because of their unwillingness to discuss their affiliation with the Communist Party or its many associated front groups.

The delays in getting to this fight, Bud said, came from him being iced out, and it was out of his control.

“If you questioned anything, you didn’t believe in the company and you kinda got iced out.”

Christie previously supported Trump after dropping out of the 2016 Republican primary and briefly headed his transition team before being iced out.