The White House is conducting an evaluation to determine whether former President Trump
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Speak Monday at the White House press conference, spokeswoman Jen Psaki
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“It’s something that is being revised,” said Psaki.
Former presidents typically have access to intelligence briefings after they leave office.
However, Democrats – and even some former Trump administration officials – have warned that the former president cannot be trusted with national security secrets, believing he could disclose or take advantage of sensitive information.
Sue Gordon, who was the chief deputy director of national intelligence during the Trump administration, urged in a recent op-ed that Trump be cut off from intelligence briefings, saying he would be “extremely vulnerable to bad actors with bad intentions” .
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff
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“There is no circumstance in which this president should receive another intelligence briefing, not now, not in the future,” he said. “I don’t think he can be trusted with it now, and he certainly can’t be trusted in the future.”