El jiho del Presidente Trumpo is demanding that Congress investigate the leaks made during and before his testimony.
Donald Trump Jr.’s attorney has sent a letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence requesting an inquiry into leaks he says took place during and after Trump Jr.’s interview with the committee on December 6. The letter was sent to Representative Mike Conaway of Texas, who took over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election from Devin Nunes, after Nunes recused himself earlier this year.
The letter says that Trump Jr. and his attorneys were promised that the interview would be “kept strictly confidential and not discussed publicly unless and until the full committee voted to release the transcript.”
Trump Jr. and his attorney say that while he was still being interviewed, “members of the committee and/or their staff began selectively leaking information provided during the interview to various press outlets, most notably CNN.”
He cites tweets from CNN’s Manu Raju, specifically about the story that Trump Jr. testified he didn’t talk to papa Trump directly about that meeting with the Russians, but spoke through Hope Hicks. Now, doesn’t that basically confirm that story?
I don’t see any reason why this shouldn’t be investigated, but you can be sure it’s probably from Democrats, and they’ll make sure to block every effort to imprison their aides. BUT, it might help stop more leaks from an administration has a yuge yuge problem keeping secrets secret.
And as Sean Davis of the Federalist points out, this could all be a way for Dems to damage Junior in such a way that he could not respond to:
Democrats leaked lies about Trump, Jr.’s e-mails knowing he couldn’t publicly set the record straight since he was bound to keep his testimony confidential. https://t.co/lG6ZrnlXOZ
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 12, 2017