Jim Jordan defends White House hiding transcripts, says administration has to protect against leaks

Source: The Hill | September 29, 2019 | Rebecca Klar

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) defended the White House placing a transcript of a call with a foreign leader on a secret server, saying the administration has to protect against leaks.

Jordan, in an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” cited a Senate study that he said found “more leaks in the first five months, state security leaks in the first five months of the Trump administration than any other administration.”

“They should be putting everything in with folks around you leaking everything,” Jordan said.

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Jordan also defended the call, telling Tapper that “there’s nothing there” and using similar rhetoric to Trump in calling the impeachment inquiry an attack.

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The call, which the White House released a partial transcript of, shows Trump asking Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 candidate, and Biden’s son.

“That doesn’t alarm you?” Tapper asked Jordan.

“It’s not OK because he didn’t — but he didn’t do that,” Jordan responded.

“It’s in the transcript,” Tapper said.

“You guys don’t read things in context,” Jordan responded

The whistleblower complaint also alleges White House officials were directed to remove the electronic transcript from the system that stores such calls. The White House reportedly confirmed the call was placed on a highly classified system, according to The Associated Press. 

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