“It was somebody that went out and wrote a book and said all sorts of terrible things or all lies. And it was like he was this gentleman or that gentleman, like I dealt with him all the time. I had no idea who this guy was. I said, ‘Who the hell is Miles Taylor?’
“And he made a living on going on CNN talking about the president. And I think what he did, he wrote a book, Anonymous, said all sorts of lies, bad things. And I think it’s like a traitor. It’s like spying, he walks into the office, he’s supposed to be sitting here. A lot of people, you know, I’ll be here and there’ll be 20 people standing in the room, there’ll oftentimes be young people in the office.
“Can they write a book about very confidential meetings? And, you know, because they happen to be one of a lot of people in a room, and they go out and write books, and worse than that, call it anonymous, like it’s a big deal, and everybody’s saying, who is it, who is it? Who is it then?
“It was found out who he was a long time later, and you got a lot publicity off that one. He’s like a promoter. But we’re going to find out whether or not somebody is allowed to do that. I think it’s a very important case, and I think he’s guilty of treason, if you want to know the truth. But we’ll find out.” – Trump, signing an order directing the DOJ to investigate his first-term DHS deputy chief of staff.
A moment later, Trump signed a second order directing the DOJ to investigate his first-term election security director Chris Krebs, because Krebs found no evidence that the 2020 election was stolen.
Banana Republic: Donald Trump just signed a presidential memorandum ordering the DOJ to investigate former DHS official Miles Taylor for writing a critical book about Trump:
“I think it’s like a traitor. It’s like spying…he wrote a book, Anonymous, and I always thought it was… pic.twitter.com/WVLhpJbpro
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) April 9, 2025
Trump knew he was lying, committing fraud, and breaking the law. And even if — in some crazy world —he didn’t know, it doesn’t matter one bit. The man is guilty as sin. pic.twitter.com/TeusrfEdOr
— Miles Taylor (@MilesTaylorUSA) August 4, 2023