US Justice Department says the ‘reporters are not the targets, those leaking classified information are’. But media freedom advocates warn that Trump's ‘war on the press is looking for another victim’
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US House Speaker accuses Trump of threatening national security
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (centre)
US HOUSE of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of threatening national security amid growing calls for his impeachment for allegedly pressing Ukraine’s government to investigate a political rival.
Ms Pelosi was speaking after the president told the United States mission to the United Nations that the whistleblower who leaked details of a phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky was guilty of espionage.
Mr Trump said: “I want to know who’s the person who gave the whistleblower the information because that’s close to a spy,” implying that revealing details of the call was an act of treason, which carries the death penalty.
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