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Spicer Won't Give Straight Answer on Reported Changes to Trump Trust

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer didn’t offer a clear explanation or response to questions on Monday about new reporting showing that President Donald Trump can withdraw funds at any time from any of his businesses—without telling the American people.

Citing a trust document signed on February 10, online outlet ProPublica reported Monday: “Trump can draw money from his more than 400 businesses, at any time, without disclosing it.”

According to ProPublica reporters Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw:

Slate called the revelation “the latest illustration of the emptiness of the president’s promise to ‘completely isolat[e]’ himself from his business empire.”

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When asked about the report during Monday’s press briefing, Spicer said he’s “not sure what [the president has] withdrawn;” didn’t say whether Trump would disclose future withdrawals; claimed the trust document had not, in fact, been changed; and asserted that “the entire point” of setting up such a trust “is so somebody can withdraw money.”

He also dismissed the Pulitzer Prize-winning ProPublica as a “left-wing blog.”

But the denunciation didn’t land as Spicer may have hoped:

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