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President Donald Trump and his team have been on the hunt for a leak, but it isn’t going very well. Asawin Suebsaeng at Zeteo wrote on Tuesday that the leak hunt has been stalled “for a hilarious reason.” <\/p>\n

Read more MAGA rages after Trump-voting ex-Navy SEAL unleashes on president in brutal takedown<\/a><\/p>\n

Describing the Trump administration as a “fascist-\u2018Office Space\u2019” environment, Suebsaeng described the constant backbiting from a \u201cden of snitches, \u2018freaks,\u2019 and paranoid tyrants.\u201d<\/p>\n

The constant paranoia and “snitching” has only grown worse in the last year, Suebsaeng wrote. <\/p>\n

According tot he report, Trump is particularly upset about leaks from April reports that he’s grown frustrated by a new book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. Among the reports in the book is the characterization that Trump\u2019s increasing volatility is causing him to make “reckless” decisions, particularly when it comes to the war with Iran. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe leak hunt is a big deal right now,\u201d one administration official said in April. Another source told Zeteo that staff in the administration were warned by a superior that \u201cif you talked to Jonathan or Maggie [you] better be good at covering your tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hunt for the leaks has continued over the past several weeks. <\/p>\n

“By May, the president was so livid and paranoid about the leaks that he pushed his Justice Department to seriously consider raiding the homes of reporters, or just jailing them until they sold out their anonymous sources,” the Zeteo writer said. <\/p>\n

As of the beginning of June, the probe appears to have stalled, according to the site’s sources. The reason, which Suebsaeng found to be hilarious, is that the list of possible people is too long. <\/p>\n

Read more Trump\u2019s shaky legal footing exposed as judge\u2019s footnotes call out DOJ collusion<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started making a list of likely suspects, and it got too long,\u201d a Trump administration official told Zeteo. <\/p>\n

“I cannot possibly pretend that it isn\u2019t hysterically funny how Trump has put himself in a position where it\u2019s very hard for him to find the leakers because the senior personnel he tapped to be the leak-hunters-in-chief are also the ones who\u2019ve been doing the leaking,” wrote Suebsaeng. “Good help is hard to find!”<\/p>\n

Two senior officials, one currently in the administration and one previously from the Trump White House, answered “of course” when asked if they’ve leaked. They felt they had cover because the information they had would be known to anyone at their level. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the worst-kept secrets at the White House,\u201d the current official said. \u201cI\u2019m not ratting myself out; that would be ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n

A different advisor described the leak hunt as akin to the scene in the movie “Reservoir Dogs” in which characters point loaded guns at each other, ensuring their mutual destruction. <\/p>\n

Asked about the matter, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle attacked the website, its founder and the reporter.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Dangerous paradox\u2019: Trump losses \u2018piling up\u2019 as list of allies bucking White House grows<\/a><\/p>\n

The new expose, “Regime Change,” will be out later this month. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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