Editing Michael Moore (section)

==== Trumpileaks ====
[[File:Michael Moore- Democrats Aren't Running The Right People - Morning Joe - MSNBC.webm|thumb|right|200px|Moore expresses his political views in 2017 – video from [[MSNBC]]. ]]
Moore started the website TrumpiLeaks in May 2017, to encourage [[whistleblower]]s to provide information about [[Donald Trump]]. Moore was inspired to create the site after witnessing the firings by Trump of three law enforcement officials, specifically: [[United States Attorney]] [[Preet Bharara]], former acting [[United States Attorney General]] [[Sally Yates]], and former [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] [[Dismissal of James Comey|James Comey]].<ref name="newsweek">{{citation |last=Gorman |first=Michele |title=Michael Moore launches 'TrumpiLeaks' website for whistleblowers |date=June 6, 2017 |url=http://www.newsweek.com/michael-moore-launches-trumpileaks-website-whistleblowers-621652 |work=[[Newsweek]] |access-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-date=June 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607014255/http://www.newsweek.com/michael-moore-launches-trumpileaks-website-whistleblowers-621652 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="salon">{{citation |last=Rozsa |first=Michael |title=Michael Moore announces TrumpiLeaks, a website for anonymous anti-Trump leakers |date=June 6, 2017 |url=http://www.salon.com/2017/06/06/michael-moore-creates-a-website-for-anonymous-anti-trump-leakers/ |work=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |access-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606174140/http://www.salon.com/2017/06/06/michael-moore-creates-a-website-for-anonymous-anti-trump-leakers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Moore posted a message to his personal website, explaining the motivation of the new venture and that he wanted any information related to: "crimes, breaches of public trust and misconduct committed by Donald J. Trump and his associates".<ref name="usatoday">{{citation |last=Rossman |first=Sean |title=Michael Moore appeals to whistleblowers with Trumpileaks website |date=June 6, 2017 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/06/michael-moore-appeals-whistleblowers-trumpileaks-website/373199001/ |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-date=June 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607220312/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/06/michael-moore-appeals-whistleblowers-trumpileaks-website/373199001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He asserted, "Trump thinks he's above the law".<ref name="usatoday" /> Moore stated it was his view that Trump had engaged in [[obstruction of justice]], falsehoods to the United States citizenry, promoted violent behavior, and violated the [[Constitution of the United States]].<ref name="cnbc">{{citation |last=LaVito |first=Angelica |title=Michael Moore launches TrumpiLeaks to encourage spilling secrets |date=June 6, 2017 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/06/michael-moore-launches-trumpileaks.html |publisher=[[CNBC]] |access-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606181205/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/06/michael-moore-launches-trumpileaks.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="thehill">{{citation |last=Thomsen |first=Jacqueline |title=Michael Moore launches 'Trumpileaks' website for whistleblowers |date=June 6, 2017 |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/336481-michael-moore-launches-trumpileaks-website-for-whistleblowers/ |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606131833/http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/336481-michael-moore-launches-trumpileaks-website-for-whistleblowers |url-status=live }}</ref>