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BumRushDaShow

(171,779 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 06:40 AM 6 hrs ago

Susie Wiles' Email Demanding WH Staffers Stop Leaking to Press Is Leaked to Press

Source: MEDIAite

May 8th, 2026, 6:59 pm


An email from President Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles ordering staff to stop leaking to the press was leaked to the press on Friday.

In the directive, written in late March and obtained by Politico’s West Wing Playbook, Wiles warned that “no staff member within the Executive Office of the President is permitted to speak with members of the news media without the explicit approval of the White House Communications Office.”

“Unauthorized leaks will not be tolerated and are subject to sanction up to and including termination,” she continued. She added: “Violation of this policy can result in significant disruption to ongoing operations and can potentially endanger missions and activities of national significance.”

One person familiar told Politico that Wiles had become “generally very frustrated with leaks,” though the directive was not tied to any single incident.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/susie-wiles-email-demanding-wh-staffers-stop-leaking-to-press-is-leaked-to-press/

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Susie Wiles' Email Demanding WH Staffers Stop Leaking to Press Is Leaked to Press (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP
Well, leaks seem to be the only way we the general public get any info on this criminal organization. mwmisses4289 6 hrs ago #1
wrong Whip-poor-will 6 hrs ago #2
To the leaker: Please leak the Epstein files. Baitball Blogger 6 hrs ago #3
I heard a good explanation NJCher 5 hrs ago #4
Don is the biggest leaker of all times mountain grammy 4 hrs ago #5
That is so true PatSeg 4 hrs ago #7
Because BigMin28 4 hrs ago #8
And it isn't just dementia PatSeg 3 hrs ago #10
Incontinence leaks matter. BattleRow 2 hrs ago #14
He never could. YodaMom2 1 hr ago #18
That is true PatSeg 1 hr ago #19
Doubtful YodaMom2 59 min ago #20
Depends.. flamingdem 2 hrs ago #15
shitstain always wants to impress dave99 2 hrs ago #16
Sure, Frau Wiles. peppertree 4 hrs ago #6
Our transparent government BeneteauBum 3 hrs ago #9
Information is like pee usonian 3 hrs ago #11
Damn, I thought this was gonna be an Andy Borowitz piece Brother Buzz 3 hrs ago #12
Headline made me laugh. Americanme 3 hrs ago #13
I had a good chuckle also when I read it. riversedge 1 hr ago #17
Just Delphinus 42 min ago #21
I find mild humour in this somehow. Leak away!! Evolve Dammit 45 sec ago #22

mwmisses4289

(4,612 posts)
1. Well, leaks seem to be the only way we the general public get any info on this criminal organization.
Sat May 9, 2026, 07:07 AM
6 hrs ago

"Most transparent administration" yeah, sure, jan.

Whip-poor-will

(460 posts)
2. wrong
Sat May 9, 2026, 07:20 AM
6 hrs ago

If you're doing nothing wrong there would be nothing to leak, now would there ?

Free speech !st amendment

NJCher

(43,427 posts)
4. I heard a good explanation
Sat May 9, 2026, 08:29 AM
5 hrs ago

For when there are a lot of leaks. I think, but don’t quote me on this, that it comes from Andrew Weissman.

It’s when the staff feels things are out of control.

PatSeg

(53,440 posts)
10. And it isn't just dementia
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:50 AM
3 hrs ago

Underneath the dementia, he is seriously deranged and probably always has been. The dementia is letting the crazy come to the surface.

YodaMom2

(210 posts)
18. He never could.
Sat May 9, 2026, 12:08 PM
1 hr ago

Before he was so obviously dementia-addled, even before he was involved in politics, he was a shameless gossip in NYC. He was constantly spilling tea (some true, some completely invented) to the NY Post. During his first term, he repeatedly revealed highly confidential national security information to people who had NO f*cking business hearing it, like Merde-a-Lardo sycophants and KREMLIN emissaries. Why? Because he believes it makes him look important, that his in-the-know info drops impress people and elevate him in their eyes. “I know something you don’t know! See how powerful and important I am?”

If the leaks embarrass or diminish someone other than him, I’d say there’s a better than even chance he’s the source. If they make HIM look bad, 100% it wasn’t him.

It’s a function of his twisted pathology.

PatSeg

(53,440 posts)
19. That is true
Sat May 9, 2026, 12:32 PM
1 hr ago

He certainly is a "shameless gossip". He really doesn't seem able to control himself, as if the filter from his brain to his mouth is defective.

Now with age and dementia, there appear to be no restraints whatsoever - the flood gates are open and all the crap just gushes out of that weird little mouth of his. I wonder if he knows the difference between thinking and speaking out loud.

BeneteauBum

(729 posts)
9. Our transparent government
Sat May 9, 2026, 09:43 AM
3 hrs ago

As promised by this administration…….just more deflection.

Peace ☮️

Americanme

(537 posts)
13. Headline made me laugh.
Sat May 9, 2026, 10:29 AM
3 hrs ago

If any administration should have leakers, it is this one. The orange moron has long had an obsession with NDA's and leakers. He doesn't want anybody telling the truth about what goes on. Sure does seem to have a lot to hide.

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