The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee are pushing the intelligence community to declassify information about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after receiving a classified report on the issue.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr Richard Mauze BurrRep. Mark Walker says he's been contacted about Liberty University vacancy Overnight Defense: Trump rejects major cut to military health care | Senate report says Trump campaign's Russia contacts posed 'grave' threat Senate report describes closer ties between 2016 Trump campaign, Russia MORE (R-N.C.) confirmed to reporters Tuesday that he and committee ranking member Sen. Mark Warner Mark Robert WarnerIntelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' House approves bill to secure internet-connected federal devices against cyber threats MORE (D-Va.) sent a letter to acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell urging in him to declassify information on Saudi Arabia’s killing of U.S.-based journalist Khashoggi.

The Washington Post first reported the existence of the letter. Officials for Burr and Warner would not provide a copy of the letter to The Hill, with Burr’s aide saying they do not release “committee sensitive materials.”

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Burr and Warner’s letter comes after House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffOvernight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Democrats, advocates seethe over Florida voting rights ruling MORE (D-Calif.) sent Grenell a similar request.

The letter also comes as Sen. Ron Wyden Ronald (Ron) Lee WydenGOP senator blocks Schumer resolution aimed at Biden probe as tensions run high Republican Senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal Hillicon Valley: TikTok, Oracle seek Trump's approval as clock winds down | Hackers arrested for allegedly defacing U.S. websites after death of Iranian general | 400K people register to vote on Snapchat MORE (D-Ore.) on Tuesday reupped his threat to invoke a rarely-used rule of the Senate Intelligence Committee to force the release of information.

Burr described his and Warner’s letter as a “last effort to try to jog it before” Wyden tries to force the issue, something Burr said he would not support.

At issue is a requirement in last year’s defense policy bill that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) give Congress an unclassified report on who ordered and helped in killing Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

ODNI sent Congress a classified annex on the issue last month, which Schiff argued in his letter could be declassified “with appropriate redactions” to comply with the defense bill.

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The CIA has reportedly concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing, but Saudi officials have denied that the prince had any knowledge of the plot.

The Trump administration has been reluctant to publicly blame high-level Saudi officials for Khashoggi’s murder, with President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE defending the U.S. relationship with Riyadh as necessary to counter Iran and bolster the U.S. economy with arm sales.

In a news conference Tuesday, Wyden accused the Trump administration of engaging in a “total and complete cover up” by classifying the report.

Wyden vowed to move forward with a procedure in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s rules that allows the panel to vote to release classified information it possesses.

A section of the resolution that established the Intelligence Committee lays out a process for the panel to release information it has in its possession if it believes doing so is in the public interest.

First, the committee would vote to release the information. The president would then have five days to object. If he does, the committee can then vote to refer the issue to the full Senate, which would then have to vote to release the information for it to become public.

“The Senate has never seen it all the way through before,” Wyden said. “This is a historical step because I am prepared to take it all the way through.”

Wyden acknowledged Burr and Warner’s letter, but indicated he wanted to go further than the committee leaders.

Burr and Warner’s letter was “calling for more information to be declassified. I think that’s fine,” Wyden said. But, he added, “that’s not what the law requires. The law requires something else, which is public disclosure and declassification of those items that I walked through.”

Wyden added that he’ll work with the committee on scheduling his plan, but stressed that he is “very much committed to going the distance.”

Jordain Carney contributed.