The calls are coming from inside the White House: A ‘small army’ of Trump administration leakers are turning to Dems to blow the whistle

Dozens of whistleblowers who currently or previously worked in the Trump administration are reportedly cooperating in secret with House Democrats investigating the president.

The number of whistleblowers who have come forward to Congress has grown to the “dozens,” a senior House Oversight Committee aide told The Atlantic. That committee is now chaired by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., who became at least a momentary TV celebrity for his calm, measured manner during Michael Cohen’s Capitol Hill testimony. Longtime committee aides told the Atlantic that the number of whistleblowers who have come forward to the panel have increased dramatically since Trump took office compared to previous administrations. Continue reading “The calls are coming from inside the White House: A ‘small army’ of Trump administration leakers are turning to Dems to blow the whistle”

Trump: White House leakers are “traitors and cowards”

The following article was posted on the Axios website May 14, 2018:

President Trump denied in a Monday tweet that the White House has a leaking problem, calling it “a massive over exaggeration put out by the Fake News Media” — while calling leakers “traitors and cowards.”

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

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!

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