Sean Spicer's Problem Just Got a *Lot* Bigger

Last week, there was an uproar about Sean Spicer's self-admitted violation of protocols keeping White House contact with the FBI limited. His excuse at the time: The FBI guy initiated it. Well, this is about to get a LOT worse.

Today, Axios reported that Spicer actually coordinated a push-back involving the CIA Director, the Senate Intelligence chair, Senator Richard Burr, and House Intelligence chair Devin Nunes.

The officials reached by Spicer were CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr (R-N.C), according to a senior administration official. The reporters were from The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, the official said. Spicer provided reporters' phone numbers to House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who offered to make the calls himself, according to the official: "He was in and out of an event."

Now, if we are to accept on Donald's word that these things are classified, then Spicer had the CIA Director and the top intelligence members in Congress to talk to the NYT and the WSJ about classified material, anonymously.

The Republican White House and Republican Congress are actively coordinating the leakage of classified information in defense of Donald.

Did your brain just explode? Mine did.

18 U.S. Code § 798 - Disclosure of classified information(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States any classified information—
(1) concerning the nature, preparation, or use of any code, cipher, or cryptographic system of the United States or any foreign government; or
(2) concerning the design, construction, use, maintenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance used or prepared or planned for use by the United States or any foreign government for cryptographic or communication intelligence purposes; or
(3) concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States or any foreign government; or
(4) obtained by the processes of communication intelligence from the communications of any foreign government, knowing the same to have been obtained by such processes—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.