# Donald Trump — talk of "executing people" > [!quote] Trump, in the Oval Office, said a staffer who leaked a story should be executed — one of several instances, she said, in which he talked about executing people. > — Recounted by Alyssa Farah Griffin (reported June 2024) > [!warning] Disputed > Paraphrased recollection by [[Alyssa Farah Griffin]], not a verbatim or recorded quote. Former AG William Barr corroborated the temper behind such remarks but doubted Trump would have acted on them. Treat as a reported remark, not an established verbatim quote. See Verification below. ## Context [[Alyssa Farah Griffin]], Trump's former White House Director of Strategic Communications, has described meetings in which Trump spoke about having people executed, including a remark that a leaker should be put to death. Former Attorney General William Barr partially corroborated the temper behind such remarks, saying he remembered Trump being furious about the leak and that Trump "would lose his temper and say things like that" — while doubting Trump "would've actually carried it out." ## Why this matters The account is a receipt for the eliminationist register attributed to Trump in private by multiple former officials, and it sits alongside other reported remarks (e.g., that Gen. Mark Milley's conduct once warranted death). As a paraphrased recollection rather than a recording, it is weaker as a verbatim quote but notable for being corroborated in substance by Trump's own attorney general. ## Verification - **Reporting:** [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-spoke-executing-people-alyssa-farah-griffin-1913194). - **Status:** Paraphrased reported remark (not verbatim, not recorded); **disputed** — partially corroborated by William Barr as to temper, who doubted intent. ## See Also - [[Donald Trump]] - [[Alyssa Farah Griffin]]