Guy Snodgrass, the former speechwriter for Secretary of Defense John Mattis, on Monday seemingly denied being the author of the tell-all book about the Trump administration, "A Warning," though he did hedge when he was asked flat-out whether he penned the piece.
"Great question," Snodgrass said when asked by Fox News' Trace Gallagher whether he was the anonymous author.
"As you mentioned I have a book out with my name on it called 'Holding the Line.' I do appreciate that the New Republic said that the writing was excellent across both books – that's a great sales pitch – but I'll tell you what. If I was going to make an announcement like that I would do it right, I would come into the studio with you in New York City."
David Kusnet, a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton, in an opinion piece for The New Republic on Monday said he believes Snodgrass is the author of "A Warning."
When asked by Gallagher whether he was not denying the report, Snodgrass responded:
"What I'm saying is I just heard this reporting as I was coming over to the studio. I got invited on to talk about national security . . . there's a lot to talk about there."
Pressed on why he would not flat-out deny the suggestion, Snodgrass said he retweeted the New Republic story with the words, "The Swirl Continues" because it caught his eye.
"It's the latest in a long series of D.C. parlor games, and it's not unique to this point in time. This has been going on for decades. I, like many of your viewers, read the anonymous (New York Times) op-ed from last year, so it is interesting. I went ahead and retweeted out the story because it caught my eye and someone put it on my radar."
Snodgrass, though, did suggest the analysis made by Kusnet was off.
"If you go through, 'Holding the Line,' I can't remember using lodestar a single time so the analysis may be breaking down a little bit," he said.
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