Intel Chief Rejects Paul Ryan Request to Deny Hillary Classified Intel Briefings

House Speaker Paul Ryan has been calling for the Director of National Intelligence to deny Hillary Clinton classified intelligence briefings. He made the formal request days ago, citing the FBI’s findings about her “careless” handling of classified information as Secretary of State.

But DNI chief James Clapper has announced today that he’s not fulfilling the request. Per CNN:

Breaking: DNI Clapper will NOT deny classified intel briefing to @HillaryClinton rejecting request from @SpeakerRyan

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 11, 2016

2/In letter obtained by #CNN DNI writes Ryan he “does not intend to withhold briefings from any officially nominated eligible candidate.”

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 11, 2016

Some Republicans are already moving on to pushing for a perjury investigation into Clinton.

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