Reports: Trump To Receive His First Classified Briefing On Wednesday

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Beaufort, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Donald Trump is expected to visit the FBI’s New York office on Wednesday for his first classified briefing as the GOP nominee, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn in tow.

An anonymous senior campaign official confirmed the briefing, which is expected to cover major threats at home and abroad, to ABC News. NBC News also confirmed the news.

Career staffers from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are expected to lead the briefing. The FBI is not expected to play a role, according to the network.

On Monday, Trump broadly laid out his plan for “extreme vetting” of immigrants trying to the enter the U.S., which he said would include an ideological test to determine whether they share American values. While the nominee had backed away from a blanket ban on Muslim immigration, he did call for a temporarily ban on immigrants from “the most dangerous and volatile” regions of the world with a “history of exporting terrorism.”

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  1. Avatar for dwward dwward says:

    This has disaster written all over it.

    Will he make it trough the day without disclosing classified information?

  2. We already know he has no patience or attentiveness to understand the simplest aspects of US civics.

    This should go well.

  3. They’ll start him off easy.

  4. Avatar for sooner sooner says:

    I cannot wait for tRump to share this information at future rallys!

    Becuz sarcasm.

  5. Honest to God…

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