Whoops. A new anonymous Twitter account with the handle “@KellyanneLeaks” is accusing White House adviser Kellyanne Conway of being a major source of leaks to the MSM.
According to Politico, the person behind the account overheard Conway at a party at the British Embassy last week. Two other sources have confirmed the tweets to the website:
— FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: FROM HADAS GOLD: KELLYANNE CONWAY was overheard Thursday night talking about her West Wing co-workers to fellow revelers at a party. Conway was having an off-the-record conversation with a group of reporters and other attendees at the British Embassy at their election-night watch party. She said President Donald Trump told her to “go out there and say ‘Jim Comey is going to have to wait and see about the tapes.’”
“I mean, that’s basically the same thing as ‘no comment,’” she said. Conway also mimicked Reince Priebus urging White House aides to stop leaking, and wondered aloud what Marc Short — the legislative director — does all day. She also said she is “the one catching the slings and arrows in the West Wing.” The source who heard Conway created a Twitter account about the evening, naming it @kellyanneleaks and posting photos and tweets from the event. Two other sources confirmed Conway’s remarks.
The @KellyanneLeaks account included photos from the party and named the Washington Post’s Bob Costa, Dan Balz and Phil Rucker as the recipients of the off-the-record information:
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Kellyanne was at an embassy party last night, leaking sensitive Priebus and Trump White House conversations to @washingtonpost reporters. 1/ pic.twitter.com/XZz48UAG6G
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
According to the account’s version of the evening, Conway admitted to the reporters that she changed what President Trump wanted her to say about former FBI Director James Comey and the “tapes”:
She held court for an hour or so as folks cycled in/out of her circle. She said Trump gave her a line to talk about "the tapes" to press 2/
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
She said Trump told her to say "Jim Comey will have to wait and see about the tapes"; she added "I chose to convert that to 'no comment'" 3/
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
…and laughed. Here's where she put those "no comments" and "I can't comment on that" in action: https://t.co/HBzRiIkvtV
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
She also allegeldy mocked Chief of Staff Reince Priebus:
She had a good/cruel riff mocking @Reince45 in WH staff meetings.
"No leaks guuuys" she said, mimicking him in a dopey voice. "Seriously" 5/— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
"He should just be honest: 'I'm upset because there's someone working on a story who pronounces it RAYNSE instead of REINCE.'" 6/
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
A double-facepalm, too:
Before some WaPo folks joined her, she was talking about recent weeks in the WH to some other party guests. This expression was telling. 7/ pic.twitter.com/pR8KIuZSsF
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
She and @danbalz (who left a bit earlier than others) were joking about the scrutiny they got for a recent, long convo in a public place 8/
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
So @KellyannePolls held court for awhile. Along with knocking @Reince45, she also made jokes about the ineffectiveness of his RNC world. 9/
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
She also allegedly went after Marc Short, the White House chief of legislative affairs:
At one point @KellyannePolls said "Honestly, what the fuck does Marc Short do all day?" 10/
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
And apparently the WaPost’s Costa has a pretty mean impression of an unnamed White House staffer as well:
So @costareports and @PhilipRucker were there for some, but not all of these convos. Costa joined her in a more light-hearted impression 11/
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
… (than the meaner @Reince45 one) of an acquaintance who says "Dude!" a lot. It sounded like another WH senior staff member. 12/ pic.twitter.com/V8pNqMp9wL
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
I should mention that @KellyannePolls was probably talking OTR to @costareports @danbalz and @PhilipRucker — but loudly, at a DC party.
— Kellyanne Leaks (@KellyanneLeaks) June 9, 2017
Loose lips sink ships.
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