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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA White House meeting convened to address leaking, got leaked. Que desastre!
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kelly-sadler-accuses-mercedes-schlapp-of-being-a-leaker-during-meeting-with-trump-report
Embattled White House communications aide Kelly Sadler accused Mercedes Schlapp, a more senior communications official, of being "one of the worst leakers" in an oval office meeting with President Trump, according to a new report.
Axios reports the open-door meeting was convened by Trump and was attended by Sadler, Schlapp, White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah, and White House chief of staff John Kelly. During the meeting, the president informed Sadler that she would not be fired for her leaked remarks joking about Sen. John McCain "dying," and then told Sadler he wanted to know who the leakers in the White House were -- to which Sadler responded that she thought Schlapp was one of the worst leakers. Sadler then named other people she suspected of being leakers in White House.
Schlapp, the White House director of strategic communication, "pushed back aggressively and defended herself in the room," according to the report, and other colleagues defended her against Sadler's claim in follow up conversations.
The most recent confrontation happened after Schlapp declared "I stand with Kelly Sadler" during a close-door meeting, in response to outcry over the joke about McCain, who is battling brain cancer.
Last week it was reported that Trump is seeking to reduce the number of leaks from the White House by removing some mid-level and junior communications staffers.
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These guys couldn't organize an orgy in a whorehouse......
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A White House meeting convened to address leaking, got leaked. Que desastre! (Original Post)
sunonmars
May 2018
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matt819
(10,749 posts)1. And it's impottant to inform on your colleagues
Hmmmm. That kind of thing sounds awfully familiar. Informing on co-workers. Next, informing on friends. And then informing on family members.
See also Nazi Germany, Cuba in the bad old days, and the Soviet Union.
Docreed2003
(16,890 posts)2. The worst leaker of them all...
Is Col Big Mac, in the Oval Office, with a bucket of KFC!!
Did I win Clue tonight??