Ex-Aide Says Trump Spoke About “Executing People”

Newsweek reports:

Former President Donald Trump spoke about “executing people” during his tenure, former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin said on a Mediaite podcast.

The former aide mentioned an interview between CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Trump’s former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr from April. Griffin said that Collins “asked about an anecdote that I had shared about a meeting he and I were both in the Oval Office where Trump straight up said a staffer who leaked a story should be executed.”

She added: “And Bill Barr kind of danced it and said, ‘I don’t recall that specific instance,’ but there were others where we talked about executing people. How do you rationalize that is a person fit in sound judgment to be president of the United States?”

Read the full article. In a statement to Newsweek, Trump’s campaign spokesman did not deny Griffin’s claim. Earlier this month, Trump denied having ever called for imprisoning Hillary Clinton, something he did many times during televised rallies.