Trump weighs a plan for press briefings when Leavitt leaves, sources say | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is weighing relying again on a rotating cast of Cabinet officials to handle press briefings for an indefinite period following the departure of press secretary Karoline Leavitt later this month, three sources familiar with the planning told CNN. The tentative plan comes amid a seemingly wide-open race to fill Leavitt’s role, with Trump still in the earliest stages of deciding who should take one of the White House’s most critical and visible posts. Leavitt has said she plans to vacate the position at the end of August. The president “genuinely doesn’t know who to pick and has expressed zero urgency” on the matter, one senior White House official said. Trump’s indecision has not slowed the jockeying among allies to promote their preferred replacement for Leavitt. Some Trumpworld hopefuls have already been in touch with junior White House staffers to ask them to put in a good word, according to a person familiar with those conversations. Others have pressed Trump directly on behalf of potential contenders, according to another person familiar with the matter, including advocates for Elizabeth Pipko, a former model and Republican National Committee s