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In another yet unprecedented move, President Donald Trump is calling for his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to investigate the New York Times publishing of an anonymous Trump administration senior official that wrote an opinion piece for the paper.
“It’s national security,” the president said on Air Force One, on the way to a rally in North Dakota Friday.
“I would say that Jeff should be investigating who the author of that piece was, because I really believe it’s national security.”
The Justice Department has already responded to the President’s Air Force One remark, saying in a statement, “The department does not confirm, deny or otherwise acknowledge the existence or non-existence of investigations.”
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