“So dumb,” one White House official told The Daily Beast, when asked about Kushner-related suspicions among colleagues. “Why would he jump under the bus just to screw someone who doesn’t even work in the administration? It’s absurd.”
Republican provocateur Roger Stone fueled the speculation on Wednesday when he claimed to know who the leaker was, and “their initials are J.K.” Stone is a longtime Trump ally, and has accused Kushner of leaking in the past, but his continued knowledge of and influence on internal White House workings is questionable.
Other senior Trump administration officials have gossiped that Manafort himself could be behind the leak. Some officials jokingly suggested the president himself was the culprit, only to concede that “these days, who knows?” one aide said.
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