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Corker urges Trump to ‘fire every single person’ suspected of leaking or infighting

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. is surrounded by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. is surrounded by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. is surrounded by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Bob Corker urged the Trump administration to clean house after after an “unseemly” series of leaks, including transcripts of the president’s conversations with foreign leaders, which were published Thursday.

During a press conference in Washington D.C., Corker said he had advised President Donald Trump and John F. Kelley, the new chief of staff, “to fire every single person that’s had anything whatsoever to do with backbiting, undermining other people for their own benefit and leaking – and not to be cautious about it.”

“If there’s even a thought that somebody was involved, get rid of them,” the Tennessee Republican added.

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