Reposted by EF AY EF OH
I just checked: The first big classified leak of Trump's first term was on March 15, 2017, when he told Tucker Carlson non-public details abt Josh Schulte investigation.
So he beat it by a few days this time.
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Revisiting the First Time President Trump Blabbed Out Classified Information for Political Gain - emptywheel
On March 15, 2017, Trump blabbed out information about the Vault 7 leak that was not yet public. He did so, remarkably, on the say the FBI was set to
![Long screen cap in which John Bates lays out how three DOGE officials have already been publicly IDed, which ends this way:
Finally, reports and records show the three affiants are not just DOGE employees, but senior
DOGE members. See, e.g., supra, n.2; HHS Employee Details, supra. In fact, the Trump
Administration has acknowledged that Amy Gleason is the Acting Administrator of USDS. See
Citizens for Resp. & Ethics in Wa. v. U.S. Doge Serv., Civ. A. No. 25-511 (CRC), 2025 WL
752367, at *2 (D.D.C. Mar. 10, 2025). “[P]rivacy interest diminishes . . . as an official’s rank
increases.” Wa. Post, Co. v. Special Inspector Gen. for Afg. Reconstruction, Civ. A. No. 18-2622
(ABJ), 2021 WL 4502106, at *13 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 2021).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreih5h5on7l2gzm7jeyqaktxstr5wkkwqn7xjyxsgy5lk4jcdrvc7ua)
