White House staffers turned up TVs to drown out yelling between Spicer, Bannon

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The White House press pool reportedly overheard a tense fight on Monday night between Trump administration officials, after the Washington Post broke the news that President Trump shared classified information with the Russian ambassador and Russian foreign minister during a closed-door meeting last week.

According to multiple White House correspondents, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, press secretary Sean Spicer, deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Communications Director Michale Dubke could be heard yelling during a closed-door meeting -- prompting White House staffers to come to the press area and turn up TV's.

Click through to see tweets about the tense White House occurence:

Sanders soon after told the press corps that the White House would not comment on the Washington Post's breaking news.

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster gave an emergency press conference in front of the White House on Monday night, saying Trump "did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known."

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