Trump pushes for criminal investigation after situation room leak claims
June 17, 2026 | Kevin Haggerty
Concerns over what else could be leaked from the White House begged the question “What took them so long?” amid calls for a criminal probe.
Throughout President Donald Trump’s second administration, quietly executed plans like the extradition of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and Operation Midnight Hammer have conveyed the capacity to keep things buttoned up.
However, efforts across the federal government to curb leaks haven’t proven perfect, and with a new book from Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan raising alarms about potential secret recordings of Situation Room meetings, New York Post columnist Michael Goodwin contended a “furious” Trump should take the next step and launch a criminal investigation.
“The president has every right to be furious, but he shouldn’t stop there,” wrote Goodwin. “Situation Room meetings are classified, and the mere possibility that details of conversations, including those about the goals and strategy of the Iran war, were leaked demands a criminal probe.”
As previously reported, ahead of the June 23 release of Haberman and Swan’s “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,” Axios cited White House aides voicing concern, “We’re afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded, and we have no idea which ones.”
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