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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
Jun 14

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 Jun 14 #1
Be afraid... be very afraid. FalloutShelter Jun 14 #2
LOL. Okay. PSPS Jun 14 #19
trump aides descend into panic over reporters' 'shocking breach' of Situation Room: report LetMyPeopleVote Jun 14 #3
Uh oh.... SergeStorms Jun 14 #17
OMG. A physical/verbal record of actual high level discussions?? Run!! Evolve Dammit Jun 14 #4
Isn't it SOP to do a sweep before these "top secret" meetings, and make sure there are no recording devices? FakeNoose Jun 14 #5
This WAS NOT a top secret meeting... reACTIONary Jun 14 #15
Exactly. This same kind of locker room talk comes out every night on Trump's Truth account Bluetus Jun 15 #20
Exactly. These were Sit Room meetings Deminpenn Jun 15 #22
That is what the room is to be used for but not this time and 2 people phoned in for the meeting Bev54 Jun 14 #16
Gosh, how in the world could that have happened? tanyev Jun 14 #6
Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change" LetMyPeopleVote Jun 14 #7
So, who had the most to gain from such a leak? sheshe2 Jun 14 #8
The only mystery for me ... Tasmanian Devil Jun 14 #9
Staged leak LuvLoogie Jun 14 #10
I smell bullshit JoseBalow Jun 14 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Ponietz Jun 14 #12
Performative live love laugh Jun 14 #13
will wait for it being in library. if they still exist. dave99 Jun 14 #14
Rep. Jeffries, crank up the old subpoena machine! LudwigPastorius Jun 14 #18
He can't until we retake the House. BumRushDaShow Jun 15 #23
The great thing I see here Laha Jun 15 #21
Not to worry. Next week, the Magster will get a one-on-one interview with Anal Fistula and the tapes will 3Hotdogs Jun 15 #24
Enraged Trump melts down over new book in midnight tirade: 'They don't have audio tapes! LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #25
For the love of Christmas, RELEASE THEM! Blue Owl Sunday #26
Whose fault is it if Haberman and Swan have recordings from the Situation Room? They weren't in the meetings, sop Sunday #27
White House counsel David Warrington... Grins Sunday #28
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