A new book on former US President Donald Trump\u2019s time in office claims that a White House toilet would jam after attempts to flush away office papers, Axios reported Thursday.<\/p>\n
The upcoming book \u201cConfidence Man,\u201d by New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman, says that \u201cstaff in the White House residence periodically discovered wads of printed paper clogging a toilet \u2014 and believed the president had flushed pieces of paper,\u201d according to an exclusive preview by Axios.<\/p>\n
Trump is already being investigated for carting off 15 boxes of White House documents to his Florida residence. The National Archives, which has jurisdiction over preserving presidential papers, says that Trump also had a habit of ripping up documents \u2014 some of which have since been taped back together.<\/p>\n
The book, based in part on Haberman\u2019s post-presidential interviews with Trump, reports that the Republican has told people he remains in touch with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Letters sent by Kim to Trump during his presidency \u2014 \u201clove letters,\u201d as Trump described them at the time \u2014 were among the documents taken to his Florida residency.<\/p>\n
Trump issued a statement denying that he broke laws on archiving presidential documents and said he had complied \u201cwithout conflict and on a very friendly basis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, another fake story, that I flushed papers and documents down a White House toilet, is categorically untrue and simply made up by a reporter in order to get publicity for a mostly fictitious book,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Haberman\u2019s book is set to be published October 4. The veteran Times journalist has been on the Trump beat for a decade and long had unrivaled access among journalists to the property tycoon-turned-politician\u2019s inner circle.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n
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