Article snippet: The White House on Monday labeled Bob Woodward "reckless" and "careless" after some administration officials refuted claims attributed to them in his new book "Fear: Trump in the White House," ratcheting up its war of words with the Watergate reporter. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also didn't rule out a lawsuit against Woodward. "A number of people have come out and said Woodward never even reached out to corroborate statements attributed to them, which seems incredibly reckless for a book to make such outrageous claims to not even take the time to get a $10 fact-checker to call around and verify that some of these quotes happened," Sanders said during Monday's press briefing. "When no effort was made it seems like a very careless and reckless way to write a book," she added. Sanders noted that Defense Secretary includes numerous specific instances of high-ranking staff members questioning the president’s competence, and one instance where former top economic aide MORE steals a document off of Trump’s desk that would have withdrawn the U.S. from a trade deal with South Korea. Woodward's book is based on hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. The Watergate journalist has written a series of tell-all Washington books about previous administrations, a number of which have become best-sellers. Trump has consistently attacked Woodward in the days since the excerpts were firs... Link to the full article to read more