White House Spokesperson Hogan Gidley On Insurrection Act: Trump Has ‘Lots Of Tools At His Disposal’ The White House is open to the possibility of President Donald Trump invoking the Insurrection Act to remove illegal immigrants from the country. White House deputy principal press secretary Hogan Gidley refused to definitively say whether or not the president intends to use the broad powers afforded by the Act during a Friday interview on Fox News but noted that Trump has “lots of tools at his disposal.