Spokesman Denies Donald Trump Is Mulling Plans to Overhaul Top US Intelligence Agencies
Spokesman Denies Donald Trump Is Mulling Plans to Overhaul Top US Intelligence Agencies
By Jonathan Karl, Morgan Winsor
Jan 5, 2017, 12:44 PM ET
Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer today flatly denied that President-elect Donald Trump was considering reported plans to reform the nation's top intelligence agencies.
The denial comes after a senior Trump transition official, speaking to ABC News earlier today, confirmed a Wednesday night Wall Street Journal report on the plans, saying such reforms were under consideration by Trump and his team.
But Spicer called that report "100 percent false" in a telephone call with reporters about the presidential transition today.
"These reports are false. All transition activities are for information gathering purposes, and all discussions are tentative," Spicer said, pushing back on the notion that the president-elect was considering an overhaul of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
He added, "I want to reiterate, there is no truth to this idea of restructuring the intelligence community infrastructure. It is 100 percent false.”
READ MORE: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/spokesman-d...
By Jonathan Karl, Morgan Winsor
Jan 5, 2017, 12:44 PM ET
Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer today flatly denied that President-elect Donald Trump was considering reported plans to reform the nation's top intelligence agencies.
The denial comes after a senior Trump transition official, speaking to ABC News earlier today, confirmed a Wednesday night Wall Street Journal report on the plans, saying such reforms were under consideration by Trump and his team.
But Spicer called that report "100 percent false" in a telephone call with reporters about the presidential transition today.
"These reports are false. All transition activities are for information gathering purposes, and all discussions are tentative," Spicer said, pushing back on the notion that the president-elect was considering an overhaul of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
He added, "I want to reiterate, there is no truth to this idea of restructuring the intelligence community infrastructure. It is 100 percent false.”
READ MORE: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/spokesman-d...
