March 21, 2018

JUST BUY HIM A PACIFIER:

White House Job Requirement: Signing a Nondisclosure Agreement (JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, MAGGIE HABERMAN, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and KATIE ROGERS, MARCH 21, 2018, NY Times)

To calm Mr. Trump, Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, drew up a broad document barring White House officials from publicly disclosing what they heard and saw at work. But he privately told senior aides that it was mainly meant to placate an agitated president, who was convinced that the people around him had to be pressured into keeping his secrets. Mr. McGahn made it clear the agreement could not ultimately be enforced, according to several people who signed.

Posted by at March 21, 2018 1:12 PM

  

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