Explaining his reason for wanting to withhold sensitive information from Trump, Biden said, “because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection.”That was a reference to the events at the heart of the Senate impeachment trial that Trump faces next week. As president, Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and impress or intimidate foreign governments, in some cases jeopardizing U.S. intelligence capabilities. “President Biden is certainly correct about the lack of any value in providing Trump intelligence briefings,” said David Priess, who, as a CIA officer, briefed George H.W. Trump also ordered the declassification of intelligence that U.S. officials warned could expose sensitive sources of intelligence that could not easily be replaced. “Look, I ran like hell to defeat him because I thought he was unfit to be president,” Biden told O’Donnell.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2021 02:37 UTC