Top GOP senator: Biden should be getting intel briefings
The Hill:A leading Senate Republican called for President-elect Joe Biden to begin receiving intelligence briefings that have been blocked by President Trump's General Services Administration (GSA).
"I agree briefings should occur," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) tweeted on Sunday.
"Just a note: Senator Harris is a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and has been present during classified briefings post Nov. 3rd," he added.
Cornyn was responding to comments made earlier Sunday by Biden's incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, who said the former vice president's team has not received intelligence briefings and thus cannot adequately prepare for his first days in office.
Cornyn, who has aligned himself with Trump politically but survived a tough reelection fight for his Senate seat, said last week that Biden would "probably" be inaugurated in January.
"I have every confidence that come January the 20th, we're going to inaugurate a new president," he said. "And I think it will probably be Joe Biden."