President Trump claimed Monday the media is exaggerating “so-called leaks” emanating from the White House, but slammed administration aides who share information with the press as “traitors and cowards.”
“The so-called leaks coming out of the White House are a massive over exaggeration put out by the Fake News Media in order to make us look as bad as possible. With that being said, leakers are traitors and cowards, and we will find out who they are!” Trump tweeted Monday.
The so-called leaks coming out of the White House are a massive over exaggeration put out by the Fake News Media in order to make us look as bad as possible. With that being said, leakers are traitors and cowards, and we will find out who they are!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2018
The White House is reeling from the latest leak, which occurred last week. During a closed-door communications meeting Thursday, special assistant to the president Kelly Sadler reportedly made a mocking comment about Sen. John McCain’s, R-Ariz., health.
McCain was diagnosed with brain cancer last year.
White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah told reporters during Monday's White House press briefing the situation involving Sadler was addressed internally.
White House officials told Axios on Sunday that staffers frequently leak to the press to settle personal scores, to deal with a confrontational work environment in the West Wing or to push a point.
