The White House says intelligence officials will be the ones to determine whether Trump can access briefings

• The White House says intelligence officials will decide if the former president can have briefings.
• President Joe Biden says he doesn't think it's a good idea.
• But Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden trusts his intelligence team to decide.

The White House said Saturday that intelligence officials, and not President Joe Biden, will ultimately be the ones to decide whether former President Donald Trump will have access to intelligence briefings.

Press Secretary Jen Psaki told $4 that Biden "has deep trust in his own intelligence team to make a determination about how to provide intelligence information if at any point the former President Trump requests a briefing."

The White House didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment Saturday evening.

Psaki's comments came just one day after $4 in an interview whether he believed Trump should receive the briefings.

"I think not," Biden said. "Because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection."

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"I just think that there's no need for him to have the intelligence briefing," Biden continued. "What value is giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?"

Former presidents are given regular access to classified information, usually as a courtesy or when sitting presidents request advice from their predecessors, according to $4. These briefings are not the same as the daily intelligence briefing the sitting president receives.

Trump faced frequent criticism during his presidency over his handling of intelligence. He occasionally $4 to the public, $4 about threats such as the coronavirus, or was otherwise $4 when officials tried to brief him on important information.