The White House is conducting a review to determine whether President Trump
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Speaking to the press at the White House on Monday, the spokeswoman Jen Psaki
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“It is something that is being revised,” said Psaki.
Former presidents usually have access to intelligence briefings 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 that he could reveal confidential information or try to profit from it.
Sue Gordon, who was the chief deputy director of national intelligence during the Trump administration, asked in a recent article that Trump be excluded from intelligence meetings, saying he would be “exceptionally vulnerable to bad 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, either now or in the future,” he said. “I don’t think I can trust him now and in the future, he certainly can’t be trusted.”