The White House evaded a question Friday afternoon on whether the U.S. government should suspend Hillary Clinton’s intelligence briefings in the wake of the FBI’s decision to look into newly found emails related to the investigation into her use of a private email server while secretary of state.
“… Each nominee after they formally received their nominations … are entitled by practice and by tradition to daily intelligence briefings,” deputy White House press secretary Eric Schultz told reporters Friday.
“It’s my understanding that those briefings continue to be a resource to which each candidate can avail themselves,” he said.
Regular intelligence briefings are customary for nominees of the two major political parties.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Friday renewed his call for the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to suspend all classified briefings for Hillary Clinton as the FBI renews its efforts to determine whether any unclassified information was shared on the private email server, which could have been easily hacked.
