Trump Fumes About Anonymous Sources After Anonymous Briefing
- President’s aides briefed reporters two hours before speech
- Trump was speaking at Conservative Political Action Conference
Trump Says Press Should End Use of Anonymous Sources
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President Donald Trump assailed the news media’s use of unnamed sources on Friday, just hours after White House aides briefed reporters on condition of anonymity about their efforts to debunk a New York Times article on contacts between Trump’s campaign and Russian officials.
About two hours after his aides sought to counter a CNN report that White House chief of staff Reince Priebus had inappropriately discussed the Times story with the FBI, Trump repeated a familiar complaint about the "dishonest media" with a new twist, charging without evidence that news organizations fabricate sources for stories.