White House press secretary says only Trump will decide if and when press briefings return

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The last briefing from a White House press secretary occurred 245 days ago and will not resume until President Trump gives the go-ahead.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who has yet to give a formal briefing since starting her job in July, told CNN Business in an email that the decision about whether to hold them falls on Trump. She said that she will “hold a press briefing when the president wants me to.”

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