Trump Tweets Support For DOJ’s Leak Crackdown: ‘The Tougher The Better’

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President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted his support for the Justice Department’s crackdown on leaks of intelligence information.

“After many years of LEAKS going on in Washington, it is great to see the A.G. taking action! For National Security, the tougher the better!” Trump tweeted.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats on Friday announced the Justice Department’s new strategy to combat criminal leaks. Sessions said he will be “reviewing policies affecting media subpoenas,” suggesting that he may use the court system to pressure journalists into revealing their sources.

“We respect the important role that the press plays and we’ll give them respect,” Sessions said, “but it is not unlimited.”

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  1. Donald Trump is the “Cartoon in a Cartoon Graveyard”

  2. When you’re a hammer everything looks like a nail.

  3. I guess the traitorous dumbass who told the Russians where our submarines were lurking, as well as who in Israel gave us ISIS info, among God knows what else, will face some pretty harsh justice…

  4. And of course completely missing the point that the most damaging leaks come from within his White House and are not classified and not illegal.
    We wont even mention the self incriminating tweets and pubic statements.
    No Leak! No Leak! You’re the Leak!

  5. But Trumpy , you have a leak after you have a Golden Shower .

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