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Trump said whoever 'leaked' info on his White House bunker stay should be 'executed,' new book claims
CNN ^ | 7/13/2021 | Devan Cole

Posted on 07/13/2021 12:17:12 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

Washington (CNN)Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about his stay in the White House bunker in May of that year had committed treason and should be executed for sharing details about the episode with members of the press, according to excerpts of a new book, obtained by CNN, from Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender.

Trump, along with then-first lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron, were all taken to the underground bunker for a period of time during the protests spurred by the police killing of George Floyd as protesters gathered outside the building. Bender writes in the book, titled "Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost, that Trump, in the days following his time in the bunker, held a tense meeting with top military, law enforcement and West Wing advisers, in which he aired grievances over the leak.

"Trump boiled over about the bunker story as soon as they arrived and shouted at them to smoke out whoever had leaked it. It was the most upset some aides had ever seen the president," Bender writes.

'Whoever did that, they should be charged with treason!' Trump yelled. 'They should be executed!'" the book reads.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bender; classactionsuit; cnnfakenews; facebook; fakenews; fakesources; google; michaelbender; sellmybook; smokybackroom; smokybackroomforum; tds; twitter
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Don't know about the accuracy of the source, but a treason charge looks appropriate.
1 posted on 07/13/2021 12:17:12 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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Someday, people will realize that anything that comes from CNN is real B.S. Won’t bother to give them a click, they need to all resign and be Uber Drivers giving Eats and Rides to fools.


2 posted on 07/13/2021 12:19:33 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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“...the protests spurred by the police killing of George Floyd as protesters gathered outside the building...”

Dear FIB,

That was an Insurrection.


3 posted on 07/13/2021 12:19:42 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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When the congresscritters in the Capitol scurried like rats from a few protesters, they were “brave”. When the Secret Service put the Trump family in the bunker while there were riots and fires outside, supposed Trump was “hiding”.


4 posted on 07/13/2021 12:20:32 PM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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leakers should be prosecuted, but they never are.


6 posted on 07/13/2021 12:21:14 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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I say it’s BS.................


7 posted on 07/13/2021 12:21:19 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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"Trump boiled over about the bunker story as soon as they arrived and shouted at them

This fake news. We see this cr@p all the time, and it always looks the same.

8 posted on 07/13/2021 12:22:02 PM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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Not sure about CNN, but the president had every reason to be furious.

(warning: the following is a joke!):

Some leaker is probably constructing a LEGO set of the secret bunker, complete with entrances and info about gaining access.


9 posted on 07/13/2021 12:22:25 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision." Winston Churchill )
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There are some things which should never be disclosed. Among those, are emergency procedures, and locations of emergency evacuation sites for a president. The mob assembled outside could have stormed the White House grounds. Thank God they didn’t but the danger was there.


10 posted on 07/13/2021 12:22:31 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Why is this such a big deal? Whose idea was it for the Trump family to go to the bunker? If it was the SS, protecting him that is their job.

This seems like another poor attempt at making something out of nothing. This is CNN after all.


11 posted on 07/13/2021 12:23:11 PM PDT by billyboy15
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New book claims.

I stopped right there.


12 posted on 07/13/2021 12:23:52 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Right Wing Vegan; All

If Trump really was very angry, I’m sure that he was more worried about his wife and son being put in danger, than about himself.


13 posted on 07/13/2021 12:24:21 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision." Winston Churchill )
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Those people are treasonous traitors.


14 posted on 07/13/2021 12:24:32 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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“anything that comes from CNN is real B.S. Won’t bother to give them a click”

Something liberals and liberal media have mastered is when they don’t want a story out they very effectively black it out and refuse to report on it.

I wish Conservatives and right wing media would do the same. We don’t need to be assisting in helping them with their messages.


15 posted on 07/13/2021 12:25:09 PM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Fido969

I am sure that is Secret Service protocol. CNN sucks!


16 posted on 07/13/2021 12:25:31 PM PDT by gr8eman (A man who only talks business is a failure in all aspects of life- Camino Del Rio)
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Let me guess anonymous sources why do people bother if they don’t put their name to it then it didn’t happen


17 posted on 07/13/2021 12:27:23 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Even if true- in 4-5 days this will be all water under the bridge, as the left will be on to their next manufactured outrage du jour


18 posted on 07/13/2021 12:31:10 PM PDT by Bob434
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MSM has new hate-Trump book to sell. Must misquote and demonize Trump any way possible...


19 posted on 07/13/2021 12:31:23 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
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Whose idea was it for the Trump family to go to the bunker? If it was the SS, protecting him that is their job

I've often wondered if that decision might have been made with the very intention of embarrassing President Trump.

20 posted on 07/13/2021 12:31:32 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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