Oklahoma Sen. Lankford Says Biden Should Be Receiving Intelligence Briefings

Oklahoma U.S. Senator James Lankford said that he will intervene on Friday if President-elect Joe Biden does not start getting intelligence briefings.

Senator Lankford has said that he supports President Donald Trump's refusal to concede the race, but said both sides should still receive intelligence briefings, which President-elect Biden is no longer getting since the race has not officially ended.

Access to briefings is one of the first rights of a presidential candidate after winning an election and according to Senator Lankford, he will step in if they do not begin on Friday.

"I think we should continue that because we still don't know who the President is going to be at this point," said Lankford. "And so we should be in the same posture that we ran throughout the whole campaign both of them receiving briefings, as they're both trying to be able to prepare."

According to Lankford, there are unresolved issues in multiple states like Georgia and Michigan.

"to go through a hand recount in Georgia and once we get past all that then they'll know who the actual winner is, but at this point, we don't know," said Lankford.

President Trump's campaign continues to contest the election results in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.