Attorney General Todd Blanche will host a White House press briefing this afternoon in the Rose Garden, rather than the typical briefing room.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced last month that she would end her year-and-a-half tenure with the White House after welcoming her second child into the world. President Trump said she would continue to serve as one of his “top outside advisors.”
President Trump has not said who will replace Leavitt as press secretary, but signaled to reporters over the weekend that he has someone in mind. Until he makes a decision, though, Trump says that members of his administration will continue to fill in as press secretary and field questions from reporters.
“We have a lot of people that want it, many people want it, many people have been written about, as you know, but many people want it,” Trump said, noting that he “may have” developed a short list over the weekend.
“You know what we’re going to do for a little while? We’re going to use the secretaries, you know, Marco, and maybe JD just did it. He did a great job, but we’re going to use Scott [Bessent], we’re going to use Howard [Lutnik]. We’re going to use a lot of our secretaries. Linda McMahon is so great. And we’ll do it for a little while, but ultimately, I’ll pick somebody.”
WATCH:
Blanche’s press briefing in the Rose Garden comes as subpoenaes fly in the Russiagate probe in South Florida, involving former FBI Director James Comey and Former CIA Director John Brennan.
Lead prosecutor in the case, Joe DiGenova, resigned last week after five months at the Justice Department, but the case is still moving forward. As The Gateway Pundit reported on Monday, John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify next month before a grand jury in the probe.
Also, yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration’s new US Postal Service rule that would allow the Postal Service to refuse to deliver ballots to ineligible voters.
Blanche reportedly said on Monday that the federal government is still looking at “multiple states” in its ongoing review of election practices, and “hundreds of open investigations” are underway into illegal voting.
The press briefing is scheduled to begin at 2 pm ET.
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