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Former national security adviser John Bolton is reportedly accepting the Biden administration’s offer to brief him on Chinese spy balloon incidents that took place during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Bolton’s representative confirmed to The Hill that Bolton will issue a statement after the briefing, set for Wednesday. He will be briefed by the office of the director of national intelligence, according to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
Kaitlan Collins on X (formerly Twitter): “John Bolton, who served as Trump’s national security adviser, will be briefed by the Biden administration on Wednesday, I’m told. The briefing is expected to be conducted by the office of the director of national intelligence. / X”
John Bolton, who served as Trump’s national security adviser, will be briefed by the Biden administration on Wednesday, I’m told. The briefing is expected to be conducted by the office of the director of national intelligence.
President Joe Biden’s administration said in the uproar that followed the announcement this month that a Chinese spy balloon was floating over the country that at least three other Chinese surveillance balloons flew over the U.S. when Trump was president. Another one floated over the U.S. earlier in Biden’s administration, the Pentagon said.
Bolton and other former Trump officials claimed they had no knowledge of the earlier incidents. Biden’s team offered to brief Trump officials about the balloons and Bolton accepted.
Bolton has said he has “a long list of questions.”
“We have barely scratched the surface on the Chinese balloons,” Bolton wrote in a op-ed for the New York Post Sunday.
