A congressional investigation and LIE DETECTOR tests: Trump allies demand radical steps to track down White House mole, as at least 32 senior officials come forward to say they are not the leaker
Republican Sen. Rand Paul thinks Trump needs to whip out lie-detector tests to find out who wrote an anonymous op-ed for the New York Times
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday urged the anonymous writer to stop hiding and have Trump removed if they think he’s an unfit president
At least 32 White House senior officials have denied they are involved in the Times op-ed
Melania Trump to author of New York Times piece: ‘You are not protecting this country, you are sabotaging it with your cowardly actions’
Vice President Mike Pence and every member of President Trump’s Cabinet has denied being the author of the op-ed
Sarah Sanders tells the media to ‘STOP’ speculating on who wrote the piece
CNN reports President Trump is reading all the denials
Republican Sen. Rand Paul suggested Trump use a lie detector test to discover the author’s identity
Their denials come as official Washington and President Trump are seeking the identity of the writer
Who wrote it has become Washington’s new favorite guessing game
By MINYVONNE BURKE
DAILYMAIL.COM
7 September 2018
Republican Sen. Rand Paul suggested that president Donald Trump use a lie-detector test to find out which White House official penned an anonymous New York Times’ op-ed piece.
Paul made the suggestion as at least 32 staffers deny they were the ‘senior official’ in the Trump administration who wrote a piece for the Times claiming there is resistance within the White House and officials were working ‘from within’ to thwart Trump’s most dangerous impulses.
‘It’s not unprecedented for people with security clearances to be asked whether or not they’re revealing things against the law under oath and also by lie detector,’ Paul said.
‘We use the lie-detector test routinely for CIA agents and FBI agents,’ he added. ‘If you have a security clearance in the White House, I think it would be acceptable to use a lie detector test and ask people whether or not they’re taking to the media against the policy of the White House.’
Paul also expressed concern on whether the leaker could reveal national security secrets to the media, but said he does not think Congress should get involved and investigate.
‘We need to get to the bottom of it,’ he said.
While Paul thinks lie-detector tests are the best route to finding the leaker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday urged the anonymous writer to stop hiding and have Trump removed if they think he’s an unfit president.
In a fundraising email on Thursday, the Massachusetts Democrat wrote: ‘They should stop hiding behind anonymous op-eds and leaking information to Bob Woodward’ and ‘do what the Constitution demands they do: invoke the 25th Amendment and remove this president from office.’
A flood of denials have been pouring in after dozens and dozens of senior staffers publicly deny their involvement in the op-ed. According to CNN, statements from his administration are being printed off and given to Trump.
An official said that Trump is reading each statement carefully.
The denials have been fast and definitive given that the president measures the strength of such responses as part of his loyalty tests.
Earlier Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump joined the list of those denying they wrote the op-ed piece as the inflammatory essay becomes an all-hands on deck crisis for the Trump Administration.
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