White House Official Sues NYT: Alleges ‘Colluded with Schiff’ to Leak ‘False’ Info to Fuel Impeachment Probe
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The New York Times allegedly “colluded, collaborated, and conspired” with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) to leak false information from a closed-door deposition to harm President Donald Trump and advance the “impeachment inquisition, according to claims contained in a defamation lawsuit filed Wednesday by a senior Trump White House official.
White House official Kash Patel, who is a senior counterterrorism official on the National Security Council (NSC), filed the lawsuit in a Virginia court. In it he claims Schiff leaked allegedly false information from the October 14 closed-door deposition by Dr. Fiona Hill, a former NSC official.
Hill’s deposition was supposed to be closed to the public and even many lawmakers.
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