shannon: we ll see. there s at least one democrats now publicly questioning whether this is a good idea. we know the house intelligence committee is prepping to zen things over to house judiciary. it would be be busy when you get back from things giving. congress meant tom emmer, thank you for making time. thank you. happy thanksgiving. shannon: former pentagon aid refusing to confirm or deny a new report suggesting he is the author of the anonymous anti-trump book seen as a call to arms for the resistance. chief breaking news correspondent trace gallagher interviewed him today and has the story. hey, trace. shannon, good evening. the first clue in the mystery came as of number 2018. an op-ed in the new york times where an anonymous trump administration official talked about how the adults in the white house were working to frustrate president trump s reckless decisions. clue number two is a recent book called warning, written again by anonymous. this time saying we shoul
for the exit include number 3 is a new memoir written by a former pentagon aid. we looked at all 3 works and wrote, quote, i suspect based on my own close reading of the text that the author is in a political retired navy commander who became chief speechwriter for james mattis. he was pointing the finger directly at guy snodgrass and on twitter snodgrass quickly did not deny writing, quote, the swirl continues. on fox news reporting, i pressed guy snodgrass repeatedly. he makes a good jason the question is i appreciate that, the writing was excellent across both books, that s a great sales pitch. if i was going to make an announcement like that i would do it right, come into the studio with you. neither confirming or denying being anonymous mitogen of some bows and help sell more books and i noticed in 1996 joe klein initially denied writing the anonymous clinton campaign book
the same person who wrote an anonymous op-ed in the new york times more than a year ago. in that op-ed, the writer claims senior staffers inside the administration were working against president trump. we never found out who the writer is but today, we heard from the man who once correctly named the author of primary colors about president clinton 1992 campaign. today, he writes my entry in the guess who wrote it sweepstakes is the former pentagon aid who would know about many events described in the book. he would have honorable reasons to render his judgment and revealing the author to be in a political navy officer, not a renegade republican operative would elevate the nature of his very serious concerns about trump s fitness to hold the office of the presidency. he is a retired naval commander and defense secretary james mattis communications director and chief speechwriter. he tweeted out the new republic