President-elect Donald Trump is now receiving intelligence briefings

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President-elect Donald Trump is now receiving intelligence briefings after having declined them during his campaign, according to a source with knowledge of the matter and a former U.S. official.

The briefings from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) began shortly after the election, in keeping with a custom launched by President Harry Truman at the end of his tenure, the sources said.

The ODNI would not comment specifically as to whether Trump was now accepting the offer of the briefings.

“ODNI is acting consistent with the tradition, in place since 1952, of providing intelligence briefings to the President-elect,” an ODNI spokesperson said.

A Trump transition team representative was not able to confirm that Trump had begun receiving the briefings. Before the election, Trump had said he did not want to get the intelligence briefings to avoid any chance he would be accused of leaking information.

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