Trump’s personal asst. Madeleine Westerhout is gone after “indiscreetly shared details about his family and the Oval Office operations she was part of during a recent off-the-record dinner with reporters” @anniekarni and @maggieNYT report. https://t.co/8Pp7rQdqSX
— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) August 30, 2019
Via RedState:
If you’ve been wondering how so much of what Trump says in the privacy of the Oval Office manages to make its way to The New York Times and other outlets, we might have an answer.
Over the years, we’ve seen more stories than I can keep up with leaked to the press centering on something Trump supposedly said in private. Often they center on harmless, off the cuff statements (such as the “nuke hurricanes” flap) that are then printed to try to embarrass the President. Context, whether something was actually a joke, or whether it’s even being presented truthfully never seems to matter and since everything is anonymous, it can never be countered.
Now, Trump’s most trusted executive assistant has been caught leaking details, not just about happenings in the Oval Office, but also about his family.