Miles Taylor has revealed that Donald Trump had once planned to wiretap his own staff. The president was reportedly skeptical about leaks within his administration. Amid this, Taylor detailed the incident in a recent Substack post, detailing “the possibility of wiretapping his own appointees.”
Miles Taylor reveals how Donald Trump wanted to find leaks
Miles Taylor, the former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has opened up about the time when Donald Trump was paranoid about leaks within his administration and wanted to wiretap the phones of several government officials.
In a Substack post on Thursday, Taylor wrote, “Donald Trump, I was told, had queried a White House staff member about the possibility of wiretapping his own appointees. Us. He wanted to know if he was being critiqued behind his back and who was leaking bad stories about him.”
Taylor continued, “He raised the idea with the aide and, from what I know, was gently waved off — treated as if he’d said it by accident. A passing dark thought better left unacknowledged.” He added, “Yet it didn’t take long before rattled advisers began quietly sharing the information with trusted confidants. Beware: the president wants to wiretap us.”
In response to Taylor’s statements, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called Taylor “a hack.” As per the Daily Beast, she also said that Taylor is “an irrelevant loser who betrayed the American people by disclosing sensitive information through unauthorized methods.”
Additionally, Taylor cited a recent CNN report, discussing how Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and FBI Director Kash Patel personally launched “a sprawling leak investigation” at the White House. The probe aimed at “finding out who disclosed information about Trump’s Qatari-gifted 747 meant to serve as Air Force One.”
Speaking with CNN, a White House official said, “Leaks that jeopardize the safety of the President, his staff, and the traveling press pool are dangerous and a threat to national security. The White House takes these leaks seriously and will do everything legally to ensure the individual or individuals are caught and it does not happen again.”
Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh on Mandatory.
