The White House Seeks to Stop the Leakage of Confidential Information to the Media

The Trump administration is still searching for a way to end the process of 'leaking confidential information' in American media, and in this regard, a meeting will be held on Friday between the Attorney General of the United States and the Director of National Intelligence. The Associated Press reported that one of Donald Trump's advisors has called for the use of lie detector tests for individuals who have access to the President's office and the content of his phone conversations. Kellyanne Conway, a strategist in the Trump administration, stated in an interview with Fox News that lie detector tests would make it 'easier to understand who is leaking information.' The Washington Post recently published the transcript of Donald Trump's conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia, which has drawn criticism from several Democrats, including Senator Ben Cardin from Maryland, who emphasized that these conversations should not leak to the media. According to the text published by the Washington Post, Mr. Trump pressures his Mexican counterpart to remain silent regarding the project of building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico and insists that he should not say that the U.S. will pay for the wall's construction. The construction of the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico was one of Donald Trump's major campaign promises that has caused significant controversy. Mr. Trump promised that this wall would be built at the expense of the Mexicans. However, the leakage of information from the White House is not limited to this case, as it has become one of the fundamental challenges of the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of Justice has also termed this issue a 'threat to national security.' The Associated Press reports that in this regard, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, along with his deputy Rod Rosenstein, Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence, and William Evanina, the Director of Counterintelligence, will hold a press conference at the Department of Justice on Friday. In this context, Trump called for the cessation of the leakage of confidential information in the media. The White House communications director resigned after 10 days in office.