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September 7, 2018

Top Trump Admin Officials Deny They Penned Scathing Anonymous Op-Ed
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The White House has reportedly crafted a list of a dozen possible
officials who might be behind an anonymous op-ed published in Thursday's
New York Times claiming there's a "quiet resistance" underway within the
Trump administration aimed at reining in the President's impulsive
behavior. In the extraordinary op-ed, the unnamed official writes that
Trump is amoral, erratic, ill-informed and reckless, with "half-baked"
ideas. On Thursday a flood of Trump administration officials issued
denials that they were the author of the op-ed. They include Pentagon
chief James Mattis, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Vice President
Mike Pence, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National
Security Adviser John Bolton, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen
Nielsen and others. Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul said Thursday
the White House should require administration officials to take a lie
detector test.


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