President Biden will not be the last word on whether former President Donald Trump still receives information about the information, the White House spokesman said.
Biden, in a clip from an interview with CBS News, released on Friday, said that Trump should not be familiar with American secrets “because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the uprising”, referring to the riot in Capitol on 6 January.
But White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement on Saturday: “The president has expressed concern about former President Trump gaining access to sensitive intelligence, but he also trusts his own intelligence team deeply. to make a decision on how to provide information if former President Trump asks for an information session at some point. ”
Asked by anchor Nora O’Donnell what his worst fears are about allowing Trump continued access to U.S. intelligence, Biden said he would rather not “speculate out loud.”
‘I just think he does not have to have the intelligence briefing. What value does an intelligence briefing give him? What impact does he have at all, other than the fact that he might slip and say something? Biden said.
Former presidents and other former senior officials usually retain access to classified information.