Trump Suggests Miles Taylor, New York Times Should Be Prosecuted
President Donald Trump is voicing his outrage that Miles Taylor , the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, is “Anonymous.” In 2018, Taylor wrote an op-ed that was published by The New York Times…
President Donald Trump is voicing his outrage that Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, is “Anonymous.”
In 2018, Taylor wrote an op-ed that was published by The New York Times anonymously and alleged that he was a high-ranking administration official who was thwarting the president’s worst instincts.
After the op-ed was published, Taylor was widely referred to as “Anonymous” because his identity was withheld.
However, many suggested that it strains credulity to assert that Taylor was a “senior administration official” in his position.
During a rally in Florida on Thursday, Trump turned his attention to Taylor’s revelation, “He was a staffer, low, had nothing to do with the White House.”
“There should be major criminal liability for some scum like this,” he added.
Trump continued to say he wondered whether if high-ranking Cabinet members were the author of the op-ed, “And it turns out to be this low-life that nobody knows who the hell he is. He had nothing to do with us. I don’t think I ever met him.”
“This is a disgrace to our country. It shouldn’t have happened, and he should be prosecuted. Are you listening to me back in Washington? He should be prosecuted,” he said.
Trump added, “Along with The New York Times, cause it was a story made up, it was fake news made up by The New York Times.”