Team Trump Hunts for 'Traitors' While the President 'Growls' at the TV
Who ratted out Donald Trump Jr. and his Russian government emails? Everyone in the White House has a theory.
ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
LACHLAN MARKAY
07.12.17 6:45 PM ET
Three days after the Donald Trump Jr. email revelations broke, the White House seems stuck in purgatory, with aides still deeply unsure about who leaked the damaging information, and the president still yelling at the TV.
Theories on suspected leakers have ranged from Trumps own family members and senior aides to Congressional overseers to Trump-hating law enforcement officials and members of the bureaucratic deep state.
A cascade of stories on Trump Jr.s attempt to solicit dirt on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton from a Russian lawyer with ties to state security services set off a new round of questions over Trump campaign communicationsand potential collusion withRussian government agents.
In the White House, and among the presidents outside allies, the question was the same one that has animated Trumps staff throughout the seemingly unending string of damaging Russia stories: who leaked it?
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