I hope they actually do it. If you leak info that puts Americans at risk, you should go to jail. They were trying to keep it quiet that we had an unrescued flyer.
After a U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, several media outlets reported that one of the two airmen onboard had been successfully recovered by U.S. rescue forces.
Trump said the disclosure had threatened the security of the ongoing operation to rescue the second airman, though that airman was eventually successfully recovered.
"We didn't talk about the first one for an hour. Then somebody leaked something, which, we will hopefully find that leaker. We're looking very hard to find that leaker," Trump said.
"We're going to go to the media company that released it, and we're going to say, 'National security, give it up or go to jail.'"