President-elect Joe Biden is slated to receive his first presidential daily briefing on Monday, his transition team announced on Sunday night.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will also receive the briefing, then both she and Biden will meet with transition advisers afterward, according to aides.
The announcement came after President Donald Trump, who continues to falsely deny that he lost the election, finally allowed his rival to begin the transition process last week.
A few Republican senators had urged Trump administration to grant Biden access to classified intel, though many of them still refuse to recognize Biden as president-elect.
To state the obvious …
A president getting daily intel briefings - that’s something we haven’t seen since 01/20/2017.
Especially ones that are actually daily - and that are not just in pictures and a very few 8-word bullet points.
We’re getting there. The process is finally happening in a somewhat normal manner and it is accelerating. I am thankful to be alive to watch it unfold. I am under no illusions about the obstructions the GOP Senate will throw up. Still good to see Biden/Harris taking charge.
Now the President-Elect will really see what kind of shit show Trump has produced.
Hey, there will now be one person in the US actually listening and reading the daily presidential intelligence briefing. And possibly asking a pertinent question other than “Can I nuke Iran?” “Why are my generals cowardly losers?” and “Why haven’t you gotten Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate yet?”
I am wondering if his briefing has been Trumpified, or if it has a bunch of redactions because it mentions so many of Trump’s people in it.