James Woolsey exits Trump transition team: 'I didn't want to fly under false colors'

Former CIA Director James Woolsey is no longer a part of President-elect Trump’s transition team, he confirmed on CNN Thursday evening.

“I didn’t want to fly under false colors. I’ve been an adviser and felt that I was making a contribution and I strongly support Mr. Trump for president, I did, since September and I wish him well, but I’m not really functioning as an adviser anymore,” Woolsey told CNN host Erin Burnett. “So when I’m on screen, everyone announces I’m a former CIA director and that I’m a Trump adviser, and I’m really not anymore, so I just thought I should strike that from the chyron or as it comes up on the screen so no one is under false impressions.”