Susie Wiles' Email Demanding WH Staffers Stop Leaking to Press Is Leaked to Press
Source: MEDIAite
May 8th, 2026, 6:59 pm
An email from President Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles ordering staff to stop leaking to the press was leaked to the press on Friday.
In the directive, written in late March and obtained by Politico’s West Wing Playbook, Wiles warned that “no staff member within the Executive Office of the President is permitted to speak with members of the news media without the explicit approval of the White House Communications Office.”
“Unauthorized leaks will not be tolerated and are subject to sanction up to and including termination,” she continued. She added: “Violation of this policy can result in significant disruption to ongoing operations and can potentially endanger missions and activities of national significance.”
One person familiar told Politico that Wiles had become “generally very frustrated with leaks,” though the directive was not tied to any single incident.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/susie-wiles-email-demanding-wh-staffers-stop-leaking-to-press-is-leaked-to-press/
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