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Schiff ‘confident’ Congress will be briefed by intel officials on Trump search

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff expressed confidence Sunday that members of Congress will be briefed by the intelligence community about any potential national security risks posed by the classified documents retrieved by the FBI from former President Trump’s South Florida home.

The California Democrat said he expects to receive the information as part of a routine damage assessment from the director of national intelligence that falls under the panel’s jurisdiction but that his request for details has not yet been answered.

“I’m confident we will get one and I’m confident the intelligence community will do a damage assessment that is, I think, fairly routine when there has been the potential risk of disclosure of national security information or classified information,” Mr.