Trump: "Leakers should be shot"

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President Trump told attendees at a rally in Bullhead City, Arizona on Wednesday about a planned raid that was leaked to the press, stating that leakers should be jailed and shot. "They ought to go to jail and be shot." he said. "For the rest of their life, they should in jail." President Trump says he postponed the raid following the leak. "In my opinion, leakers should be shot. They should be shot. In the old days, we used to shoot leakers," he continued. "When they leak what time you're going to attack a country...leakers should be dealt with very, very strongly. To me, they're the scum of the Earth."

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