GOP Strategist Says Washington Post WH Bureau Chief ‘Burned’ Trump’s Ousted Secretary by Revealing Off-the-Record Conversation

GOP Strategist Says Washington Post WH Bureau Chief ‘Burned’ Trump’s Ousted Secretary by Revealing Off-the-Record Conversation
A man walks into the Washington Post's new building in Washington, on March 3, 2016. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Venus Upadhayaya
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Arthur Schwartz, a GOP Strategist, has alleged that The Washington Post’s White House bureau chief Philip Rucker leaked off-the-record conversations with President Donald Trump’s recently-ousted personal secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, to reporters.

In an unexpected move, 28-year-old Westerhout, who was Trump’s longtime personal assistant, resigned from her role on Aug. 29 after Trump found out that she shared details about his family and about Oval office operations to journalists in an off-the-record dinner that took place near Bedminster, New Jersey, while Trump was on a working vacation on Aug. 17.

Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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