President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign officials have been raising concerns about information being leaked to the media.
As with any high-level campaign, leaks from within are inevitable, even with Trump’s well-oiled campaigning machine.
According to reports, someone within the campaign recently leaked a memo about leaking information to the press.
The issue proves that leakers are a given in this day and age of anonymity and multiple methods to stay incognito.
Top campaign managers reportedly sent out the leaked memo regarding leaking to the rest of the crew.
The memo stressed that so far, most leaks had been prevented, and warned that nobody should be talking to the press at this point without express permission.
Trump co-campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles issued the memo earlier this week.
LaCivita and Wiles are even threatening termination should someone be caught leaking to the press.
“You should not be independently speaking or communicating with any members of the press—on or off the record,” the co-campaign managers wrote.
“We have done a great job at preventing leaks,” they added.
They stressed to staffers that the press isn’t their friend and that reporters are not concerned over whether or not leaked information could cost the campaign staffers their jobs.
“And that has been because everyone knows what the policy is and what we expect from everyone,” they noted.
“Information is power—and the press doesn’t give a damn if you lose your job because you spoke out of school.”
The leaked memo regarding leaking unfortunately caught the attention of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
Ammar Moussa, the Harris campaign’s rapid response director, offered his take on the situation.
“We’re at the leaks about leaks part of the Trump campaign!” Moussa wrote in a post on X.
“We’ve all seen this movie before.”
Some journalists, including Tara Palmeri of Puck News, suggested that the memo could mean a “hot story” from the Trump campaign is in the works.
“NEW leak: Trump’s co-campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles warn staff in internal email to stop talking to the press less than an hour ago, with the threat of termination,” she wrote.
“There must be a hot story in the works…”
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