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This Article is From Sep 07, 2018

Trump’s Ire at Op-Ed Is Unlikely to Justify a Federal Probe, Officials Say

(Bloomberg) -- The op-ed article tearing into President Donald Trump that the New York Times attributed to an unidentified senior administration official isn't likely to justify an investigation by the Justice Department, according to two U.S. officials.

Although the op-ed dealt with some national security matters, there's no immediate indication that classified information was compromised, which would be one of the necessary requirements to justify a federal investigation, said the people who are familiar with handling classified material and asked not to be identified.

The essay, which said some of Trump's closest advisers work in secret to thwart his “more misguided impulses until he is out of office,” enraged the president. He said in tweets that the newspaper must turn over the writer to the government “for National Security purposes” and asked, “TREASON?”

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