WASHINGTON – Sean Spicer returned to the White House and to his daily press briefings on Friday afternoon.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders had been filling in for Spicer while he was on Navy Duty.
This was the first press briefing for Spicer since President Trump fired FBI director James Comey.
You can re-watch the White House press briefing below:
Earlier today, President Trump tweeted that maybe press briefings are a waste of time.
President Donald Trump says his busy schedule makes it "not possible" for his staff to speak at the podium with "perfect accuracy."
Trump on Friday defended the struggle by his administration to come up with a consistent timeline and rationale for the abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey this week.
Trump tweeted, "As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!"
He added, "Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future `press briefings' and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???"
The president's advisers said Trump fired Comey in response to a recommendation by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, then said Trump had planned to fire Comey regardless.