{"id":8688,"date":"2026-07-17T14:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8688"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:28:38","slug":"donald-trump-wanted-to-wiretap-his-own-staff-says-miles-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8688","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Wanted to Wiretap His Own Staff, Says Miles Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Miles Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0has revealed that\u00a0<strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u00a0had 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 \u201cthe possibility of wiretapping his own appointees.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-miles-taylor-reveals-how-donald-trump-wanted-to-find-leaks\">Miles Taylor reveals how Donald Trump wanted to find leaks<\/h2>\n<p>Miles Taylor, the former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has opened up about the time when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/07\/17\/donald-trump-new-us-visa-rule-china-journalist-retaliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> was paranoid about leaks within his administration and wanted to wiretap the phones of several government officials.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/home\/post\/p-207279812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Substack post<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday, Taylor wrote, \u201cDonald 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor continued, \u201cHe raised the idea with the aide and, from what I know, was gently waved off \u2014 treated as if he\u2019d said it by accident. A passing dark thought better left unacknowledged.\u201d He added, \u201cYet it didn\u2019t take long before rattled advisers began quietly sharing the information with trusted confidants. Beware: the president wants to wiretap us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to Taylor\u2019s statements, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called Taylor \u201ca hack.\u201d As per the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-defector-miles-taylor-says-paranoid-president-wanted-to-wiretap-own-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Beast<\/a>, she also said that Taylor is \u201can irrelevant loser who betrayed the American people by disclosing sensitive information through unauthorized methods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Taylor cited a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/15\/politics\/susie-wiles-kash-patel-leak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN report<\/a>, discussing how Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and FBI Director Kash Patel personally launched \u201ca sprawling leak investigation\u201d at the White House. The probe aimed at \u201cfinding out who disclosed information about Trump\u2019s Qatari-gifted 747 meant to serve as Air Force One.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with CNN, a White House official said, \u201cLeaks 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1813703-donald-trump-wire-staff-over-leaks-miles-taylor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miles Taylor\u00a0has revealed that\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0had once planned to wiretap his own staff. The president was reportedly skeptical about leaks within his administration. 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