The awards recognizing the new golden era of political journalism we’re all witnessing will go to reporters at the nation’s biggest newspapers, even though unnamed sources and leakers within the government seem to be the ones dishing all the dirt, true or not.
On Monday, Trey Yingst, chief White House correspondent for One America News, served up a scoop unlike the others we’ve seen so far: now unnamed sources are saying that three White House staffers have been identified as leakers and will be sent packing once the president returns from overseas.
SCOOP: Three White House staffers have been identified for leaking classified info. POTUS will fire 'multiple people' when he returns to DC.
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) May 22, 2017
Quite a few couldn’t help but notice that the scoop on government leakers being identified came from an unnamed source.
https://twitter.com/ThatElJefe/status/866765754275966977
OK, so who leaked THIS? https://t.co/pPblubWrs1
— Singer (@singernews) May 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/866768073923186688
let's leak that there was a leak and we found the leakers (who are not the president, who's confirmed he leaked) https://t.co/sbm5HNNIiN
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) May 22, 2017
So, Trump found the leakers, and they're coming from inside the White House?
— Michael Keaton (@RealMikeKeaton) May 22, 2017
This sounds like a ruse to try to flush out leakers who haven't actually been identified yet.
— My cats' butler (@ladykayaker) May 22, 2017
Why would they wait to fire these staffers if they're a security risk? In-person firing may be more satisfying, but it's not safe to wait.
— Bonita Smith (@bonitasmith) May 22, 2017
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Yingst has an explanation why no one’s been fired yet.
https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/866768521925152769
https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/866769051380568068
that’s not what OGE does.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/866774031273521152
They've supposedly leaked classified info but they're going to run their names by the OGE?
Reallly dude, LOL.
— Voncile Mayes (@allheavens) May 22, 2017
Right, b/c that's how u fire leakers: give them multiple days' notice to wipe devices, cover tracks, leak further. Fake news. #MAGA
— Plimouth (@PlimouthOutWest) May 22, 2017
Are you saying alleged leakers will be kept on at White House until he gets back to DC? Sounds weird & unlikely. Maybe you mean their bosses
— Joanne Leon (@joanneleon) May 22, 2017
We liked this scoop a lot better when it was just the one tweet.
https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/866770221767544832
https://twitter.com/Kherman112/status/866769500443561984
https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/866771441559228418
So, has President Trump announced he’s going to fire these leakers when he arrives home, or is the White House waiting on guidance from the Office of Government Ethics?
https://twitter.com/CharlieJuliett2/status/866772146210689024
I'm not sure why they WH needs to be told how to fire someone who is leaking information. This seems stupid.
— Crystal (@CrystalCorbin) May 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/eliot_woodrich/status/866774046515445760
Might be a test to see who leaks the leakers story? ?♀️
— Beth Bryson (@maddezmom) May 22, 2017
Everyone hold up a second, OK? This sounded like a big scoop, but it needs a little patching up before it’s presentable.
https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/866779078862528517
Someone called it:
For posterity when this tool reporter from OANN deletes these moronic tweets pic.twitter.com/nes1bbi908
— rotophonic (@rotophonic) May 22, 2017
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Update:
Yingst corrected the bit about the OGE’s role but appears to stand by the rest of the report.
OGE advises the White House on questions of ethics. Please accept my correction on an earlier tweet saying they 'investigate.' Thank you.
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) May 22, 2017
Here’s video of OAN’s report:
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