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NEW: Biden campaign responds to news of ODNI stopping in person congressional briefings on election interference

Biden spokesman @AndrewBatesNC:

"As Joe Biden has said, the escalating menace of election interference undermines ‘the vote and the voice of every U.S. citizen.’...
2/“... It constitutes an attack on our sovereignty as a nation and our very way of life. 

“Donald Trump has actively solicited foreign interference multiple times with respect to three countries that we know about: Russia, China, and Ukraine...
3/“... For his administration to constrain the information being provided to the peoples' representatives in Congress as this national security threat multiplies -- especially given Donald Trump's unprecedented welcoming of these assaults on our democracy for his own gain -- ...
4/ “... is deeply alarming. This should be reversed immediately."
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.@RepAdamSchiff: ODNI "proposed coming to brief us in mid-September. They have now canceled the briefings that they proposed. So someone has given an edict that they cannot brief the Congress any further on how foreign nations are trying to interfere in the election...
2/ “And we have certainly seen the president both impervious to being told himself about election interference by the Russians and irate when the intelligence community did brief Congress on election interference by the Russians...
3/“... “In fact, it has been reported that was one of the reasons he fired (former ODNI Admiral Joseph) Maguire, is because Maguire briefed Congress on election interference by the Russians...
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.@AdamSchiff & @SpeakerPelosi: “The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has informed us that it will no longer provide briefings to Members of Congress, including the House and Senate Intelligence committees, on foreign efforts to interfere in our upcoming election...
2/"...This is a shocking abdication of its lawful responsibility to keep the Congress currently informed, and a betrayal of the public’s right to know how foreign powers are trying to subvert our democracy. This intelligence belongs to the American people,...
3/"...not the agencies which are its custodian. And the American people have both the right and the need to know that another nation, Russia, is trying to help decide who their president should be...
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BREAKING: A sr administration official tells CNN that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has informed the House/Senate Select Committees on Intelligence that ODNI will no longer be briefing them on election security issues in person — instead: written updates.
2/ So far no comment yet from ODNI, or the Senate/House committees.

The official notes that other agencies supporting election security including DOJ DOD and DHS intend to continue briefing congress.
3/ The House and Senate select Committees on Intelligence generally prefer in person briefings where they can ask questions, challenge assumptions and provide actual in person oversight.
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