CIA Director Dismisses Report That Intel is Being Withheld from Trump

CIA Director Mike Pompeo issued a statement last night completely dismissing the report from earlier this week about intel being held from President Trump over concerns about leaks.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that some intelligence officials are deciding not to show the president certain pieces of information, following a report in the Observer saying the same.

Pompeo issued a statement last night calling the reporting “dead wrong”:

Statement from CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Claims that U.S. Intelligence Officials Are Withholding Information from the Trump pic.twitter.com/MAQQZpQJW6

— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) February 17, 2017

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