Does the so-called “Senior Administration Official” really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? —@realDonaldTrumpAll that the Times will admit regarding the author's identity is that it is a "senior official in the Trump administration." (The op-ed has also put the New York Times in a weird position of its reporters trying to uncover the identity of someone known by other senior staff.) Trump himself, according the Post, thinks the anonymous official works on national security issues or in the Justice Department. Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post's fact-checker, seized on Dao's explanation of how the New York Times decided to describe the author.

Source: CBC News September 06, 2018 19:18 UTC