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Trump allies want Congress to find anonymous op-ed author | TheHill

posted onSeptember 7, 2018
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Article snippet: Key congressional allies of MORE are floating the idea that Congress could take steps to try and find out who wrote the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times disparaging the president. That action could take the form of an investigation, legislation or hearings. Sen. MORE (R-Ky.), a one-time presidential rival to Trump, suggested White House officials who hold a security clearance should undergo lie detector tests in an attempt to ferret out staffers speaking ill of the president. And House Majority Whip MORE (R-La.) didn’t rule out the possibility of a congressional probe. "I'm sure we have a number of members that are looking at it right now,” Scalise, the No. 3 Republican in House leadership, told The Hill. Trump loyalists are enraged that there are administration officials working against the president, casting such agents as “cowards” and “spies” who should immediately resign. They have also lambasted The New York Times for printing an op-ed written by someone purportedly working as a senior administration official describing the actions of an internal resistance group. But Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) told reporters Thursday at his weekly news conference that he didn’t think Congress should be getting to the bottom of the op-ed mystery. Asked if Congress has any role to investigate, Ryan replied: "Not that I know of."  Rep. MORE (R-Fla.), who serves on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, also poured cold water on the idea that Congress should get... Link to the full article to read more

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