Hill GOP backs Trump on leaks investigation
By Elana Schor
02/10/17 10:50 AM EST
Republicans are urging the White House to find and plug the leaks that led to embarrassing headlines about President Donald Trump’s calls with foreign leaders.
While Democrats have seized on reports of Trump’s confrontational conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia, warning that the president is at risk of alienating longtime allies, Republicans see a bigger threat in the publicizing of calls designed to be private. In interviews this week, lawmakers warned that the new president won’t be able to level with his foreign counterparts if he has to worry about his straight talk ending up in the media.
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