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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Oliver O'Connell

Maggie Haberman says Trump tried to have her phone records seized to expose sources

REUTERS

New York Times writer Maggie Haberman says in her new book about Donald Trump that the former president tried to have officials seize her phone in order to identify her sources for stories about the administration.

Writing in Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, Ms Haberman says that the then-president was angry at leaks within the White House.

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