Wow…wow…wow…
Former and current Trump administration officials are pointing the finger at acting DHS Sec. Kevin McAleenan for leaking details of this weekend’s now-canceled ICE raids to the media:
5 current and former senior administration officials told me today they believe DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan leaked the ICE raids to the media in order to sabotage the operation https://t.co/6lmdCXQkWQ
— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) June 23, 2019
BuzzFeed is reporting on this as well:
Two senior administration officials told BuzzFeed News those within the administration believe acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan, or his staff, leaked operational details and that is what ultimately put the ICE operation in jeopardy: https://t.co/DX63DSIi9A
— mat honan (@mat) June 22, 2019
And from DHS? The proverbial crickets:
20 hours later, DHS still silent https://t.co/rumQvojJQL
— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) June 23, 2019
On Saturday, former acting director of ICE Tom Homan lit into McAleenan as well:
On Saturday morning's Fox and Friends, Tom Homan went off on acting DHS Sec. Kevin McAleenan accusing him of resisting the ICE raids and alluded that he leaked the information about the raids to The Washington Post pic.twitter.com/ICkQXkGe73
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) June 22, 2019
Homan is an important figure because President Trump let slip on “Fox & Friends” last week that he was up for a new position in the administration, possibly Border Czar or something similar:
In which President Trump tells the Fox & Friends gang that he is hiring their colleague, Fox News contributor Tom Homan, a thing they did not know. Fox and Trump have merged. pic.twitter.com/CN6AsENodi
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 14, 2019
Mr. President, time to unleash one of those “You’re fired!” in the very near future:
.@realDonaldTrump, find out who leaked the ICE raids, fire them, then prosecute them.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) June 22, 2019
If true, fire McAleenan immediately. https://t.co/M5pgZdNLDN
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) June 22, 2019
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