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7. Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change"
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 06:47 PM
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SCOOP: Top White House officials believe NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their new book.

Such a taped leak would be a shocking breach of one of the most secure settings on Earth.

Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change" #Axios

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-06-14T13:12:08.000Z

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/14/trump-situation-room-tapes-haberman-swan-regime-change

Top White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their forthcoming book, "Regime Change."

Why it matters: Such a taped leak would be a shocking breach of one of the most secure settings on Earth. Independent recording devices in the Situation Room are forbidden.

"We're afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded," an administration source told us. "And we have no idea which ones."

Verbatim accounts of several Situation Room meetings were included in excerpts about the Iran war and the Epstein files that The Times posted ahead of the book's June 23 publication. The authors conducted more than 1,000 interviews for "Regime Change," which covers Trump's second term.

Tellingly, White House officials haven't disputed verbatim dialogue from the top-secret Sit Room talks, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying about Bibi's regime-change scenarios for Iran: "In other words, it's bullshit."

We hear President Trump is furious about the blow-by-blow accounts.

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Maggie Haberman is the asshole's go-to-reporter of the tepid NYT. AZLD4Candidate Sunday #1
Be afraid... be very afraid. FalloutShelter Sunday #2
LOL. Okay. PSPS Sunday #19
trump aides descend into panic over reporters' 'shocking breach' of Situation Room: report LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #3
Uh oh.... SergeStorms Sunday #17
OMG. A physical/verbal record of actual high level discussions?? Run!! Evolve Dammit Sunday #4
Isn't it SOP to do a sweep before these "top secret" meetings, and make sure there are no recording devices? FakeNoose Sunday #5
This WAS NOT a top secret meeting... reACTIONary Sunday #15
Exactly. This same kind of locker room talk comes out every night on Trump's Truth account Bluetus Yesterday #20
Exactly. These were Sit Room meetings Deminpenn 23 hrs ago #22
That is what the room is to be used for but not this time and 2 people phoned in for the meeting Bev54 Sunday #16
Gosh, how in the world could that have happened? tanyev Sunday #6
Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change" LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #7
So, who had the most to gain from such a leak? sheshe2 Sunday #8
The only mystery for me ... Tasmanian Devil Sunday #9
Staged leak LuvLoogie Sunday #10
I smell bullshit JoseBalow Sunday #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Ponietz Sunday #12
Performative live love laugh Sunday #13
will wait for it being in library. if they still exist. dave99 Sunday #14
Rep. Jeffries, crank up the old subpoena machine! LudwigPastorius Sunday #18
He can't until we retake the House. BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #23
The great thing I see here Laha Yesterday #21
Not to worry. Next week, the Magster will get a one-on-one interview with Anal Fistula and the tapes will 3Hotdogs 16 hrs ago #24
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