Hawley, other senators say Biden should get intelligence briefings

As President Donald Trump continues the legal fight regarding the election, he also has not allowed President-elect Joe Biden to receive intelligence briefings. This comes as an increasing number of Republicans, including Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, are calling for Biden to have access to the information.

“At this point at least, I think he should absolutely be getting intelligence briefings,” Josh Hawley said of Biden. “The briefings he’s been getting as a candidate should continue. I think he should continue to get what he’s been getting and then let’s get on with the resolutions on some of these disputes.”

The Senate Republicans advocated for Biden to receive the classified national security information even as they refused to acknowledge that the Democrat has won the presidential election, citing Trump’s claims of fraudulent votes.

“Both sides need to have access to the information because we don’t know who the president is going to be, so allow that part of this process to still continue just for the sake of national security,” said Oklahama U.S. Senator James Lankford, echoing Trump’s claims of voting problems.

Lankford said he would pressure Trump administration bureaucrats to move ahead with the process of transition so Biden could be read in on classified matters. He said Wednesday that he would “get involved” if that didn’t move forward.

The Associated Press contributed to this report