TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “The White House is aggressively investigating several leaks of President Donald Trump’s private schedules, a source of repeated embarrassment to the White House and the president himself. West Wing officials managing the hunt have enlisted the help of the White House IT office, and believe they are making progress in narrowing the search for potential suspects. One Trump official said the culprit is likely a career government employee who works in the White House, not a person appointed by Trump himself, but did not offer specific evidence. The search has been approved by the office of acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, and Trump himself — who has been infuriated by leaks from within his White House — is aware of the mole hunt and supports the effort, according to one of the officials. Axios on Sunday published Trump’s private schedules for the past three months that showed how he spent 60 percent of his time in unscheduled ‘executive time.’ Aides say he uses those time blocks to watch TV, call people, read newspapers and do other work. Based on a week’s worth of these same private schedules, POLITICO had also reported in October Trump’s extensive amount of free time that’s unprecedented for presidents, including nine hours of ‘executive time’ in one day.”
–Eliana Johnson and Daniel Lippman, ” White House hunts for ‘executive time’ schedule leaker,” Politico, February 8, 2019 7:17 pm