The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 13, 2020 White House Press Secretary Under Pressure to Hold Press Briefing ----------------------------------------------------------------- A group of 13 former bipartisan White House press secretaries, Foreign Service and military officials have written a CNN opinion piece demanding the Trump administration resume its press briefings. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham has yet to hold a single briefing since becoming President Trump's chief spokesperson in July. White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley called the letter writers "D.C. establishment swamp creatures." .