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Asked about the author, who is usually referred to in Washington
as "Anonymous," Trump told reporters outside Air Force One: "I
know who it is. I can't tell you that, but I know who it is."
The identity of Anonymous has been publicly unknown since
September 2018, when the initial opinion story was published in
the New York Times, and through 2019, when the official
published a book called "A Warning."
Trump, who has repeatedly railed against the American press,
called for a Justice Department investigation into the New York
Times and said he was considering taking action against the
newspaper after the opinion piece was published.
Several prominent Trump officials, including U.S. Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo and Jim Mattis, who was secretary of defense
at the time, have denied being Anonymous.
The anonymous author wrote that a bid to remove Trump from the
presidency was dismissed to avoid a constitutional crisis and
argued that Trump was amoral, warning that electing him to a
second term would be "courting disaster."
Though the book was a bestseller for weeks, critics called it
opportunistic and gutless.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland; Writing by Makini
Brice; Editing by Howard Goller)
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