by Victor Davis Hanson Certainly, no one should defend a top-ranking federal employee’s lying to federal investigators or to his superiors in the Trump Administration, if that is what former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn did, as evidenced by his own confession. Note if Flynn lied to President Trump…
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Report: Capitol Hill Republicans Sick and Tired of White House Leaks
“I guess you just operate under the assumption that everything is going to be leaked.” Between the outrageous and dangerous leak revealing secret details of President Trump’s telephone call with Vladimir Putin or Wednesday’s flurry of leaks about the behind-the-scenes negotiations over the omnibus spending bill, it’s clear that Chief…
Read MoreSessions Warns Media: DOJ May Target Reporters Over Leaks
Vowing to stomp out a “culture of leaking,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested Friday that he might go after journalists. In announcing a crackdown on leaks, Sessions said he was taking the advice of career prosecutors in reviewing the Justice Department’s policy on media subpoenas. He said he respects the…
Read MoreSenate Committee: Donald Trump Target of ‘Unprecedented Wave’ of National Security Leaks
President Trump has confronted “an unprecedented wave of potentially damaging leaks of information that threaten national security” since taking office, at the pace of a damaging leak a day, a congressional survey has found. Shining a spotlight on an aspect of the Russian hacking probe that Mr. Trump’s defenders say…
Read MoreTrump Department of Justice Catches NSA Leaker Hiding in Plain Sight
The Justice Department and the FBI have caught their first major leaker in the Trump administration, a 25-year-old liberal named Reality Leigh Winner. For the Justice Department and perhaps President Donald Trump himself, the arrest on Monday is a major victory in the newly declared crack down on leaks. Unauthorized…
Read MoreConsensus Grows Trump Acted Appropriately, Leakers Broke Law
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster on Tuesday reiterated that President Donald Trump did nothing wrong in sharing sensitive information about the Islamic State terrorist organization with a pair of Russian diplomats. McMaster fielded questions from reporters for the first time since The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump shared classified…
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