President Biden said on Friday that he does not believe the former President Trump
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Biden said in an interview on CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell that he does not believe Trump should still receive intelligence briefings “ because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurgency, ” referring to the January 6 riot by Trump supporters at the US Capitol.
Biden reiterated his belief that Trump represents an “existential threat” and “dangerous.” When asked about his greatest fears if Trump continues to receive intelligence briefings, Biden declined to speculate, but suggested he saw no value in continuing to receive intelligence from Trump.
‘I prefer not to speculate out loud. I just think he doesn’t need the intelligence briefings. What is the value of giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does he have at all, other than the fact that he slips and says something? Biden said.
The White House said earlier this week that its national security team is conducting an evaluation to determine whether Trump should continue to receive intelligence briefings after he leaves office. CNN reported Thursday that the U.S. intelligence community would review all Trump intelligence briefings, in line with normal practice.
Some have called for Trump to be cut off from intelligence. Sue Gordon, a career intelligence officer who served as the chief deputy director of the national intelligence agency during the Trump administration, wrote a Washington Post op-ed claiming that Trump may be “unusually vulnerable to bad actors with bad intentions” and that he should not receive further intelligence briefings. .
“I am not making this recommendation casually. It is based on my deep understanding of threats to national security, on protecting our people and interests abroad for decades, and on my experience of using technical means to counter our adversaries, ”Gordon wrote in January.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff
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“There is no circumstance in which this president should receive another intelligence briefing, neither now nor in the future,” Schiff said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “Indeed, I think there were a large number of intelligence partners around the world who probably started withholding information from us because they did not trust the president to protect that information and protect their sources and methods. And that makes us less safe. “
Biden’s interview with CBS is his first televised interview since taking office and will air in its entirety before the Super Bowl on Sunday.