Trump reportedly admitted leaking details of private meeting with Chris Christie: 'Oh, I did it'

(Image credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

President Trump may not like it when other people in his White House leak things to the media, but that doesn't mean he won't reportedly do it himself.

In another revelation from A Very Stable Genius, a new book by Washington Post reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig based on hundreds of source interviews, Trump reportedly admitted to being the source behind reports of a private meeting with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

"Oh," Trump reportedly said. "I did it." Read more at The Washington Post.

Explore More

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.