Donald Trump said Wednesday he would not be getting intelligence briefings as the Republican nominee for president for fear of being accused of leaking classified information.
U.S. spy agencies offer briefings to presidential candidates once they have secured their party’s nomination to prepare them for life as commander in chief.
But after the F.B.I. recovered government documents including classified papers at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, critics questioned whether Trump could be trusted with sensitive information.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, the former president said he could now get the briefings if he wanted them but sensed a trap.
‘I don’t want them, because, number one, I know what’s happening. It’s very easy to see what’s happening,’ he said before attacking President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, his newly installed election opponent.
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President Trump is refusing intelligence briefings because the Deep State continues to try and sabotage him:
“They come in, they give you a briefing and then two days later they leak it and then they say you leaked it. The only way to solve that problem is not to take them.” pic.twitter.com/8UEhoE2Qsm
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) August 22, 2024