Trump Call for Leak Probe Suggests No Let-Up in Fight With Media
- President-elect seems poised to carry battles into White House
- ‘We’re in new territory here,’ journalism school dean warns
President-elect Donald Trump, left, departs a meeting at the Condé Nast offices at One World Trade Center in New York, on Jan. 6, 2017.
Photographer: Andrew Harnik/AP PhotoPresident-elect Donald Trump’s call for a congressional investigation into leaks of a national security briefing suggests he’s ready to carry his war with the media into the White House.
The Washington Post and NBC News, citing a briefing on the hacking of Democratic Party officials, reported Thursday that Russian officials celebrated Trump’s election. Later that day, Trump asked on Twitter how NBC got “an exclusive look into the top secret report he (Obama) was presented?” On Friday, he added: “I am asking the chairs of the House and Senate committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with NBC prior to me seeing it.”