BOOK: Trump Wanted To Tap Phones Of WH Aides

NBC News reports:

In the book, excerpts of which were obtained first by NBC News, Miles Taylor describes having heard about Trump’s interest in “tapping” the phones of White House aides in a bid to stanch press leaks.

Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said in an interview with NBC News that Trump had wanted to pursue leakers by tapping phones, but that Kelly pushed back and never carried it out. Trump had long been angry over press leaks, as have past presidents of both parties.

In his book, “The Briefing,” Sean Spicer wrote that he was “under relentless pressure to find leakers” as press secretary during Trump’s first year in office. Former senior White House counselor Kellyanne Conway wrote in her book, “Here’s the Deal,” that in Trump’s view, “leakers were traitors and weaklings.”

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Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said that then-President Donald Trump wanted to tap the phones of White House staff in an effort to stanch press leaks. https://t.co/m26xvoX2NF

— Peter Nicholas (@Petereporter) July 7, 2023