Washington • A parade of denials began in Washington on Thursday, as Vice President Mike Pence and a growing number of other senior officials asserted they were not responsible for an explosive New York Times op-ed by someone claiming to be part of a “resistance” within the Trump administration.
Amid frenzied speculation over who was hiding behind a cloak of anonymity, a spokesman for Pence forcefully denied Thursday morning that it was him. More than a half-dozen Cabinet officials followed suit, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Intelligence Director Daniel Coats and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.