President Trump said in a press conference Sunday that he did not inform congressional Democrats before launching a military operation that resulted in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death because of potential leaks.
“We were going to notify them last night, but we decided not to do that because Washington leaks like I’ve never seen before. There’s no country in the world that leaks like we do, and Washington is a leaking machine. And I told my people we will not notify them until our great people are out — not just in but out. I don’t want to have them greeted with firepower like you wouldn’t believe.”
Trump said he did, however, inform the Russian government that U.S. soldiers were conducting an operation in northwestern Syria.
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