First Lady Melania Trump slammed the alleged “senior official” who penned an anonymous op-ed hit piece for the NYT, saying, “To the writer of the oped – you are not protecting this country, you are sabotaging it with your cowardly actions.”

I asked @FLOTUS about the oped, here is her answer to @CNN: pic.twitter.com/MGYPijt7Vw — Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) September 6, 2018

“Unidentified sources have become the majority of the voices people hear about in today’s news. People with no names are writing our nation’s history. Words are important, and accusations can lead to severe consequences,” she said.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders encouraged Americans to call the NYT and ask them to release the identity of the author.

For those of you asking for the identity of the anonymous coward: pic.twitter.com/RpWYPHa6To — Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) September 6, 2018

President Trump went as far as to ask if the source committed treason.

TREASON? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2018

Multiple officials within the Trump administration have come forward to deny writing the article including, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary James Mattis, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and others.

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