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From NBC News: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said this afternoon that he has requested a briefing for top lawmakers on the situation in Iran but that one hasn’t happened yet.
He then accused the Trump administration of hiding information related to Iran from Congress. Several Democrats have questioned the discrepancy between the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment on Iran, which said it wasn’t close to creating a nuclear weapon, and Trump’s claim that Iran was nearing completion.
“And it’s not clear to me what the administration is hiding from the Congress and from the American people,” Jeffries said. “If they have a case to make, come up to Capitol Hill and make it.”
The White House said calls were made, and that Democrats are lying.
“The White House made calls to congressional leadership,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “They were bipartisan calls. In fact, Hakeem Jeffries couldn’t be reached. We tried him before the strike, and he didn’t pick up the phone, but he was briefed after, as well as Chuck Schumer was briefed prior to the strike.”
WATCH:
Press Secretary Leavitt: CNN and Sen. Schumer have retracted their fake stories about the Trump admin. not reaching out to them before striking the Iran nuclear sites.
Turns out both Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries were called.
Jeffries didn’t pick up.pic.twitter.com/EfNSc2wzUj
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