Tag: briefings

Guilty verdict will likely not affect plans for intel briefings for Trump

The guilty verdict Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial likely will not affect plans by U.S. intelligence agencies to provide him with briefings after he is formally named the Republican presidential nominee, a U.S. official told NBC News. The intelligence briefings for presidential nominees are not mandated by law but are a […]

Schiff says he hopes Intelligence Community ‘will dumb down’ briefings for Trump

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said that the Intelligence Community should “dumb down” briefings for former President Trump as the presumptive GOP nominee receives classified information once he becomes the nominee, over concerns about whether Trump could share the information. Schiff hit Trump over his criminal charges for mishandling classified information and other legal cases in an NBC […]

Trump to get intelligence briefings despite classified documents criminal trial

U.S. intelligence agencies plan to provide briefings to former President Donald Trump this year if he secures the Republican presidential nomination, even though he faces federal criminal charges that he mishandled classified information after he left office. The intelligence community is likely to adhere to past practices for nominees and has no plan to cancel […]