Democratic chair of Senate intelligence panel seeks briefing on Biden documents – as it happened

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Republican leader of the House intelligence committee Mike Turner has asked top security official Avril Haines to asses what damage the secret documents found at Joe Biden's former office may have done to US national security.

In a letter sent today to Haines, who serves as director of national intelligence, Turner asked for an immediate review and damage assessment following numerous reports that then Vice-President Biden removed, and then retained highly classified information at an undisclosed and unsecure non-government office in Washington, D.C., for a period of at least six years."