President Trump Did Not Inform Congresional Democrats On The Raid That Killed ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Washington Examiner: Donald Trump withheld details of ISIS raid from Nancy Pelosi, other congressional Democrats

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump did not give House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or other key members of Congress advance notice of the Saturday night raid that ended in the death of terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Trump said he knew about plans for the top-secret mission for three days but kept most members of Congress in the dark because he feared the information would be leaked to the public and endanger the lives of American forces.

“Washington leaks like I’ve never seen before,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Sunday. “There’s no country in the world that leaks like we do. And Washington is a leaking machine.”

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Update #1: House Intelligence chair says he wasn't told about al-Baghdadi operation (ABC News)
Update #2: Chris Wallace grills Pence on Trump hiding Baghdadi raid from Congress (Washington Examiner)

WNU Editor: President Trump's explanation on why the Congressional leadership were not informed of this raid ....

.... "We notified some" congressional leaders, "others are being notified now as I speak. We were going to notify them last night but we decided not to do that because Washington leaks like nothing I've ever seen before. There is no country in the world that leaks like we do. Washington is a leaking machine. ... I don't want to have them greeted with firepower like you wouldn't believe. We were able to get in, it was top secret. ... A very small group of people that knew about this. We had very few people. A leak could have caused the death of all of them."

What's my take on this decision to not inform Congress. The priority for Congress right now is to impeach the President. Everything is secondary. And while I doubt that Congressional leaders would have leaked information on this raid, President Trump clearly does not trust the Congressional leadership that they would have kept this information confidential. He definitely does not trust House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff who does have a long history of leaking info to the New York Times or Washington Post.

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