The White House said Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was lying when she accused President Trump of endangering her and other lawmakers by revealing their travel plans to Afghanistan.
“When the speaker of the House and about 20 others from Capitol Hill decide to book their own commercial flights to Afghanistan, the world is going to find out,” said a senior White House official. “The idea we would leak anything that would put the safety and security of any American at risk is a flat-out lie.”
Mrs. Pelosi termed it “very irresponsible” for Mr. Trump to reveal Thursday that she was planning to lead a congressional delegation to Afghanistan. Mr. Trump revoked her use of a military plane because of the partial government shutdown but announced that she and the other lawmakers were free to fly commercial to the war zone.
• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.
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