Shortly after he was elected, President Trump required his White House staff members to sign nondisclosure agreements that last past his presidency, a new report says.
Trump, already infuriated by White House leaks, asked his staff to sign the document, vowing they wouldn’t reveal confidential information, according to a Washington Post column.
Some didn’t want to comply but ultimately signed the document after Reince Priebus, the ex-chief of staff and White House counsel, pressured them.
“I remember the President saying, ‘Has everybody signed a confidentiality agreement like they did during the campaign or we had at Trump Tower?'” a source who signed the agreement told The Post.
The agreement bans “the publication of works of fiction that contain any mention of the operations of the White House, federal agencies, foreign governments, or other entities interacting with the United States Government that is based on confidential information.”
A draft of the agreement says those who violate the agreement would have to pay the federal government a $10 million penalty every time they reveal confidential information, according to the newspaper.
With Matthew Simeone
