At a press briefing on Monday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked about an accusation from Republican lawmakers that Democrats in the Gang of 8 could leak intelligence to the press.
00:00Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Leader. House Republicans, including Derrick Van Orden and Byron Donalds, have suggested that the Trump administration was justified in not providing the briefings that you've asked for because the information would be leaked.
00:16They say that members would leak to the press and that the Trump administration was correct to keep this information secret. What's your response to these Republicans who say that you all would have leaked the information, classified information, had you received it in the manner that you requested it?
00:31The Trump administration can't point to a single example of a gang-of-eight briefing being disclosed to the American people in a manner that would have created harm to the United States of America.
00:48I challenge them to point to a single example of a gang-of-eight briefing over the last several administrations, resulting in information that was classified becoming public.
01:05What is the administration hiding? And by the way, the strike has already occurred.
01:12On Saturday, at the highest levels, respectfully, request of the White House to provide an immediate gang-of-eight briefing.
01:23And it still hasn't happened.
01:26This is after the strike has occurred.
01:30Come up to Capitol Hill and justify your actions.
01:34Justify the fact that you may be taking us to a war that your own people in the MAGA verse don't want.
01:44Your own people.
01:46And you have a responsibility to explain that to the American people.
01:49And so far, they've failed to do it.
01:52Even at the highest levels of congressional leadership.
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