The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said he is unaware of any White House plan to assign New York billionaire Stephen Feinberg to conduct a broad review of U.S. intelligence agencies.

“I haven’t seen a White House plan,” Sen. Richard Burr Richard Mauze BurrRep. Mark Walker says he's been contacted about Liberty University vacancy Overnight Defense: Trump rejects major cut to military health care | Senate report says Trump campaign's Russia contacts posed 'grave' threat Senate report describes closer ties between 2016 Trump campaign, Russia MORE (R-N.C.) told reporters Thursday. “I’ve seen a lot of press speculation. When I see a plan, I’ll be happy to comment on it.”

The New York Times on Wednesday reported that the White House is working out the details of such a review, to be headed by Feinberg. There has been no announcement about it.

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But the report comes at a particularly tense moment in President Trump’s relationship with the intelligence community, elevating fears that the review could be used to root out officials who contradict the president or his advisers.

Trump has blamed leaks from the intelligence community for the ouster of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who stepped down Monday over revelations that he misled the vice president about the content of a series of phone calls to Russia's U.S. ambassador in December.

"We're going to find the leakers and they're going to pay a big price," Trump told reporters Thursday.

Other Senate Intelligence Committee Republicans were similarly reluctant to weigh in on the reported review or the choice of Feinberg to head it, saying they didn’t know anything about it.

“I’m not aware of any such plan — you’re asking me to comment about something I’ve never heard about,” Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioFlorida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE (R-Fla.) said.

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) noted that “it’s not unreasonable” for any executive to examine the efficiency of his agencies, but added, “I want to be able to see what they’re doing and how they’re doing it.”

Previous reports have suggested that Trump’s team is weighing a structural overhaul of some intelligence agencies. At one point, it was reported that the White House was considering doing away with the Office of the National Director of Intelligence, which oversees 16 agencies that make up the intelligence community.

Trump’s pick to lead that office, former Sen. Dan Coats Daniel (Dan) Ray CoatsFBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Trump, Biden renew push for Latino support Former Intel chief had 'deep suspicions' that Putin 'had something on Trump': book MORE (R-Ind.), has yet to be confirmed; Burr said Thursday that his hearing would likely be scheduled for the end of this month.

According to The Times, Coats is angry about the review, believing it would encroach on his responsibility as director.