Former CIA director James Woolsey will no longer serve as a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, Woolsey’s spokesman said in a statement provided to reporters on Thursday.
“Effective immediately, Ambassador Woolsey is no longer a Senior Adviser to President-elect Trump or the transition,” Woolsey’s spokesman, Jonathan Franks, wrote in a statement that was first reported by CNN’s Jeremy Diamond. “He wishes the President-elect and his Administration great success in their time in office.”
Woolsey resigned after being cut out of intelligence talks with Trump and his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker reported.
Woolsey came under scrutiny last week after implying to CNN’s Jim Sciutto that Trump could be “playing us” with regard to what he knows about Russia’s role in election-related hacks of Democratic Party organizations and officials.
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Former CIA director James Woolsey has split with Trump, 'effective immediately' https://t.co/oLTZ3taV5E via @bi_politics
— UppityFederalist (@RichardJSunkle) January 5, 2017
Jim Woolsey is a tough, canny, experienced, informed septuagenarian Oklahoman. He is not the type to dither with Trump for long (obviously).
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) January 6, 2017
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