Trump supplicant Mike Pence declares he’s not Anonymous
The writer indicated that he or she is a political appointee, not a career civil servant
Washington — Mike Pence’s office has said the US vice-president is not the author of an anonymous New York Times op-ed claiming key administration officials are secretly working against US President Donald Trump, calling the article false and "gutless", as Trump demanded the paper reveal the writer’s identity. The denial by Pence came as other Republicans, notably Trump’s secretary of state Mike Pompeo and senator Marco Rubio, came to the president’s defensc and said the writer should have resigned before making the accusations. "The Vice President puts his name on his Op-Eds," Jarrod Agen, Pence’s communications director said on Twitter. "The @nytimes should be ashamed and so should the person who wrote the false, illogical, and gutless op-ed. Our office is above such amateur acts." In a Wednesday night tweet, Trump lashed out at the Times over the article’s publication, questioning whether the author even existed and citing national security as a reason for the newspaper to disclo...
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