WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said Friday that Donald Trump should not be allowed to receive classified intelligence briefings, a courtesy that historically has been granted to outgoing presidents.
Asked in an interview with CBS News what he feared if Trump continued to receive the briefings, Biden said he did not want to speculate out loud but made clear he did not want Trump to continue getting them.
I just think that there is no need for him to have the intelligence briefings, Biden said. What value is giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said earlier this week that the issue of granting Trump intelligence briefings was something that is under review.
Some Democratic lawmakers, and even some former Trump administration officials, have questioned the wisdom of allowing Trump to continue to briefed.
Susan Gordon, who served as the principal deputy director of…
