President-elect Trump has asked Congress to investigate whether classified intelligence regarding Russia’s hack-and-release operations during the 2016 election was shared with NBC News this week.
“I am asking the chairs of the House and Senate committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with NBC prior to me seeing it,” the incoming Republican president tweeted Friday morning, just before receiving a briefing from top intelligence officials about a report on Moscow’s cyber activity that was delivered to President Obama earlier this week.
I am asking the chairs of the House and Senate committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with NBC prior to me seeing it.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
It was not immediately clear whether Trump had sent a formal request for an investigation to members of Congress or if his transition team is still in the process of doing so. The president-elect has been highly critical of the intelligence community in recent weeks, and has routinely questioned conclusions among intelligence officials about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
