The White House is conducting a review to determine if it is earlier President Trump
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Speaking at the White House press conference on Monday, spokesman Jen Psaki
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“It’s something that’s under review,” Psaki said.
Former presidents usually have access to news reports after leaving 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 reveal sensitive information or try to take advantage of it. .
Sue Gordon, who was the deputy chief of national intelligence during the Trump administration, urged in a recent opinion that he withdraw Trump from intelligence briefings, saying he would be “unusually vulnerable to evil.” actors with bad intentions ”.
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff
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“There is no circumstance in which this president should receive another intelligence briefing, neither now nor in the future,” he said. “I don’t think he can be trusted now and in the future he certainly won’t be able to be trusted.”