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| Here's 'Anonymous,' Trump Aides Say. And Here's How They Outed Her. |
| 2020-04-15 |
| [RCI] Ever since a "senior official in the Trump administration" penned an anonymous 2018 New York Times column attacking President Trump as unfit for office, Washington has been engrossed in a high-stakes whodunit. After an exhaustive investigation, the White House believes it’s cracked the case, identifying Trump's turncoat as his former deputy national security adviser, Victoria Coates, according to people familiar with the internal probe. Rather than fire Coates, the White House has quietly transferred her to the Department of Energy, where she awaits special assignment in Saudi Arabia -- far from the president. Trump effectively demoted Coates just four months after promoting her last fall to the No. 2 spot on his National Security Council. The move was made amid a whisper campaign, started in January, that identified Coates as "Anonymous," the person who wrote the Times Op-Ed and a subsequent book, "A Warning," claiming to be part of a cabal of "fellow Republicans" resisting Trump and his policies from inside the administration. The Washington press corps has for the most part been uninterested in learning the author’s identity. But the sources said the identification of Coates was based on circumstantial evidence generated from a months-long White House investigation led by sleuths within the NSC. Top White House adviser Peter Navarro, who works with the NSC on trade and other issues, also was heavily involved in the probe of Coates. She declined to discuss the matter on the record with RealClearInvestigations and has retained an attorney, friends say, although several colleagues have rushed to her defense, insisting the White House has the wrong person. But a source involved in the NSC probe who asked not to be identified said there was little doubt. "It’s her," the source said of Coates. "That’s why she was shown the door." |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 Shave her head, brand a T on forehead and give her to the Saudi Royal family. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-04-15 17:12 |
| #2 Cruz needs to have a special meeting with DJT as he was a major patron of this creature. Also time for K. T. McFarland to be completely scrubbed of any remaining clearances. |
| Posted by: Voldemort Ebburt2272 2020-04-15 16:24 |
| #1 Shave her head, tattoo an 'A' to her left cheek and put her on a slow boat to Wuhan. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-15 15:20 |