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Paul Olley wrote:

Trump's unhinged 'treason' note exposed after humiliating leaks


Donald Trump slapped a sticky note bearing the word "treason" on a pile of news clippings he personally handed to his acting attorney general—who's reportedly now weighing investigations into the outlets that published
them.

The Wall Street Journal reported the bizarre Oval Office exchange in a
report on Tuesday. The story, drawn on inside accounts from administration officials, outlines how Trump's fury at leaks on his war with Iran has now seen Todd Blanche vow to subpoena any national security reporters whose
work has gotten under the president's skin.

Blanche is Trump's former personal defense lawyer. He stepped up to become acting AG after the president canned Pam Bondi in April. Trump is thought
to have fired Bondi for not prosecuting his enemies aggressively enough, as well as her botched handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files saga.
Blanche has vowed to pursue subpoenas against media outlets reporting leaks on Trump's war effort. / Nathan Howard / REUTERS
Blanche has vowed to pursue subpoenas against media outlets reporting leaks on Trump's war effort. / Nathan Howard / REUTERS

The articles Trump shoved at Blanche reportedly concerned the massive
rescue operation launched after a U. S. fighter jet was downed inside
Iranian airspace on April 3. Trump and other senior officials apparently believed coverage of the recovery effort to recover two airmen lost in the crash had risked sinking the mission.

"We're going to go to the media company that released it, and we're going
to say, 'National security: give it up or go to jail! '" Trump declared at
a news conference last month. He held that event after the operation had
been reported by multiple media organizations.


Blanche doesn't appear to have flinched at the president's demands. He insisted the following day that the Justice Department would never sit back at classified leaks deemed to have endangered soldiers or agents. "If that means sending a subpoena to the reporter, that's exactly what we should do, and that's exactly what we will be doing, " he said.

Senior DOJ officials have since met with Pentagon counterparts to
coordinate the leak hunt, officials told the Journal. Trump is thought to have reserved particular venom for an April 7 New York Times piece
detailing how Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, lobbied him on bombing Iran.

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