--- title: Donald Trump: Press Secretary Sean Spicer Speaks: Watch Live description: White House press secretary Sean Spicer is set to give his first official White House press briefing canonical: https://time.com/4643390/sean-spicer-donald-trump-press-briefing-watch-live/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-23T16:31:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:53:09.550Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer Gives Briefing og:description: White House press secretary Sean Spicer is set to give his first official White House press briefing og:url: https://time.com/4643390/sean-spicer-donald-trump-press-briefing-watch-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer Gives Briefing twitter:description: White House press secretary Sean Spicer is set to give his first official White House press briefing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Live: Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer Gives First White House Briefing by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Jan 23, 2017 4:31 PM UTC by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Jan 23, 2017 4:31 PM UTC White House press secretary[ Sean Spicer](http://time.com/4642689/kellyanne-conway-sean-spicer-donald-trump-alternative-facts/) is set to give his first official press briefing for [President Donald Trump ](http://time.com/4643195/donald-trump-business-leaders-white-house-meeting/)on Monday afternoon. The briefing comes two days after Spicer made a five-minute statement that was widely criticized for containing false claims. On Saturday, Spicer disputed photos that showed the audience for President Obama’s 2009 inauguration was [significantly larger](http://time.com/4641381/donald-trump-inauguration-crowd/) than [President Trump](http://time.com/4642753/donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-jerusalem/)‘s. He said Trump’s swearing-in ceremony was “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe.” Senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway later supported the false claim, telling [NBC’s _Meet the Press_](http://time.com/4642689/kellyanne-conway-sean-spicer-donald-trump-alternative-facts/) that Spicer was only offering “alternative facts.” Watch Spicer’s briefing live above starting at 1:30 p.m. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4643390/sean-spicer-donald-trump-press-briefing-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4643390/sean-spicer-donald-trump-press-briefing-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer Gives First White House Briefing","datePublished":"2017-01-23T16:31:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:53:09.550Z","description":"White House press secretary Sean Spicer is set to give his first official White House press briefing","url":"https://time.com/4643390/sean-spicer-donald-trump-press-briefing-watch-live/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4643390/sean-spicer-donald-trump-press-briefing-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer Gives First White House Briefing"}}]}] ```