When asked in an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell whether he thought Trump should receive an intelligence briefing if he asked, Biden said, “I don’t think so.”
“I prefer not to speculate out loud,” said Biden when asked what he fears could happen if Trump continues to receive instructions. “I just think there’s no need for him to have the – the intelligence briefings. What is the value of giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does it have, other than the fact that he can slip up and say something?”
Former presidents have traditionally been allowed to request and receive the same intelligence reports as their successors.
Former Trump Deputy Principal Director of National Intelligence, Sue Gordon, wrote in a Washington Post article after the US Capitol insurrection last month that Trump “can be extraordinarily vulnerable to bad actors with bad intentions” , once he leaves office.
Biden declined to say whether he would vote to convict Trump in next week’s impeachment trial, if he were a senator.
“Look, I ran like hell to defeat him because I thought he was inadequate to be president,” said Biden. “I saw what everyone watched, what happened when that – that crew invaded the United States Congress. But I’m not in the Senate right now. I’m going to let the Senate make that decision.”
In comments after the January uprising, Biden told reporters, “I have said for now, well, more than a year, (Trump) is not fit to serve. He is one of the most incompetent presidents in the history of the United States of America. “
This is a last-minute story and will be updated.