Now hearing Trump might have considred this idea only as a ploy to catch leakers. Multiple copies each with slight variations were handed out to multiple parties. Depending on variation leaked, they’d know who leaked it.
“Trump might have considered this idea only as a ploy to catch leakers”
If so, it may serve to make others take pause in the future.
It has been lawless open season on conservatives for years under Obama - many leftists have lost (or never learned) the fear of being punished for crime.
One head on a pole will deter many others.