WH: Trump and Clinton will get intel briefings

Published July 28, 2016 6:35pm ET



The White House said top intelligence officials in the Obama administration will brief both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on sensitive national security matters ahead of the November election, despite demands from each party that the opposing presidential candidate should be barred from these briefings.

Both Republicans and Democrats have called on Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to block intelligence briefings for the opposing party’s nominees ahead of the election. But Clapper put the speculation to rest Thursday by saying his staff would brief both Clinton and Trump on the same sensitive national security information.

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