President Donald Trump made senior staff members sign nondisclosure agreements set to last beyond his presidency, The Washington Post reports.
The agreements were presented to staff members during the first months of the Trump presidency when “there was lots of leaking, things that just weren’t true, and a lot of things that were true and should have remained confidential,” said one person who signed it.
“The president’s point was that they [staff] would think twice about that if they were on the hook for some serious damages.”
The pacts are “meant to survive” Trump’s four, or eight years in office, said the same person.
A draft agreement obtained by the Post said violators would be subject to a $10 million penalty payable to the federal government for leaks of any “confidential” information, defined as “all nonpublic information I learn of or gain access to in the course of my official duties in the service of the United States Government on White House staff,” including “communications . . . with members of the press” and “with employees of federal, state, and local governments.”
The White House didn’t respond to the Post with a comment.
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