美国官员周二向国会高层领导人简要介绍了前总统拥有的带有机密标记的文件唐纳德·特朗普，总裁乔·拜登，以及前副总统迈克·彭斯。
消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，向所谓的“八人帮”(目前在国会领导层中的共和党和民主党高层)进行的闭门简报预计将提供更多关于文件性质的信息，但预计官员不会向国会领导人提供这些文件。
自8月份搜查特朗普在Mar-a-Lago的家以来，参议院情报委员会一直在推动国家情报总监艾薇儿·海恩斯(Avril Haines)就机密文件进行简报。
该委员会主席参议员马克·华纳(Mark Warner)和资深成员马尔科·卢比奥(John McCain)表示，在拜登的办公室和家中以及彭斯在印第安纳州的家中发现文件的消息增加了简报的紧迫性。特别是那些情报小组的成员，几周来一直要求获得具体的文件。
大约一个小时后，议员们退出闭门会议，拒绝接受记者采访。
华纳和卢比奥后来发表了一份联合声明，称周二的简报“有许多不足之处”
“根据我们监督情报界和保护我们国家安全的责任，今天我们会见了情报委员会和司法部的领导人，讨论机密文件的曝光，”两位议员说。“虽然今天的会议有助于澄清这些问题，但仍有许多不足之处，我们将继续根据我们的宪法监督义务，要求对我们的问题做出全面回答。”
白宫周二下午表示，它支持司法部和国家情报总监办公室与国会保持透明的“决定”。
白宫发言人伊恩·萨姆斯在一份声明中说:“简报的决定和简报内容的决定是由DOJ和ODNI独立做出的，与我们几个月来所说的一致:白宫对DOJ和ODNI有信心，可以独立判断是否或何时出于国家安全原因就这些调查中的任何相关信息提供简报。”
'Gang of 8' briefed on Trump, Biden and Pence classified documents
U.S. officials briefed top congressional leaders on Tuesday about documents with classified markings that were in the possession of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, and former Vice President Mike Pence.
The closed-door briefing to the so-called "Gang of Eight" -- the top Republicans and Democrats currently in congressional leadership -- was expected to provide more information on the nature of the documents, but officials were not expected to provide the documents themselves to congressional leaders, sources told ABC News.
The Senate Intelligence Committee had been pushing for a briefing from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines about classified documents since the August search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
Committee Chair Sen. Mark Warner and Ranking Member Sen. Marco Rubio have said the news of documents found at both Biden's office and home, in addition to Pence's Indiana home, increased the urgency for the briefing. And those on the intelligence panels, in particular, have been demanding access for weeks to the specific documents.
Lawmakers declined to speak with reporters as they exited the closed-door meeting after roughly an hour.
Warner and Rubio later released a joint statement saying Tuesday's briefing left "much to be desired."
"In accordance with our responsibility to oversee the Intelligence Community and protect our national security, today we met with leaders from the IC and the Justice Department to discuss the exposure of classified documents," the two lawmakers said. "While today's meeting helped shed some light on these issues, it left much to be desired and we will continue to press for full answers to our questions in accordance with our constitutional oversight obligations."
The White House said Tuesday afternoon that it supported the Department of Justice and Office of the Director of National Intelligence's "decision to be transparent" with Congress.
"The decision to brief and the determination of what content would be briefed were made by DOJ and ODNI independently, consistent with what we have said for months: that the White House has confidence in DOJ and ODNI to exercise independent judgment about whether or when it may be appropriate for national security reasons to offer briefings on any relevant information in these investigations," White House spokesperson Ian Sams said in a statement.
