White House chief of staff John Kelly advised President Donald Trump that the controversial surveillance memo wasn't nearly as compelling as advertised, The Washington Post reported.
Kelly also gave his opinion that the memo, authored by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, was not a threat to national security, the Post reported.
Trump read the memo for the first time Wednesday afternoon, the Post reports.
Axios also reported Wednesday a growing fear in the White House that the memo was not the "slam dunk" advisers were hoping for.