Intelligence Leaks Targeted by Sessions Echoing Trump's View
- ‘We are taking a stand,’ attorney general says in Washington
- Deputy Rosenstein says new FBI unit’s ‘focused on media leaks’
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he is stepping up efforts to investigate and prosecute leaks of classified government information in response to concerns raised by President Donald Trump. Bloomberg's Marty Schenker reports on 'Bloomberg Markets: European Close.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he’s stepping up efforts to investigate and prosecute leaks of classified information with help from a new counterintelligence unit at the FBI, working to address a top concern of President Donald Trump.
“We are taking a stand,” Sessions said Friday at a news conference alongside Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats. “This culture of leaking must stop.”