By Andrew Kugle, Free Beacon:
Advisers to President Donald Trump are urging the president to purge former President Barack Obama’s political appointees from the federal government. A growing number of advisers believe Obama loyalists throughout the government are to blame for the intelligence leaks of the Trump administration, Politico reported on Thursday.
The latest example is the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions from any case that involves the Trump campaign. Sessions’ recusal came after it was leaked that he met with the Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice throughout the presidential campaign. This leak was the latest in a series that have damaged the Trump administration.
The Washington Free Beacon has reported that there were nearly 40 leaks of classified information across the federal government in 2016, more than double the amount of criminal leaks reported in 2015. The Free Beacon has previously reported that these leaks could be part of a targeted campaign launched by Obama administration loyalists against the Trump administration.
The New York Times reported that Obama administration officials left a trail of evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election and communication between members of the Trump campaign and Moscow.
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