White House aides on hunt for anonymous official who wrote op-ed piece

Top White House aides canceled meetings on Wednesday as they launched a major hunt for the official behind the New York Times op-ed piece detailing “resistance” to President Trump, according to published reports.

the Washington Post reported.

One Trump aide suggested the staffer could be a glory-seeker who wants to be caught and named, the paper said.

Speculation ran rampant from even the smallest of clues.

One was when a New York Times tweet of the Mike Pence also drew some attention because the author used the word “lodestar” — a rarely used term that Pence has used in speeches.

Lynne Patton, a HUD official and former Trump party planner, wrote on Instagram that the leak will easily be found.

“It’s hardly breaking news to anyone with half a brain that ‘Never Trumpers’ have been employed within our walls from the outset,” she wrote. “And yes, we know who they ALL are, including this author.”