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Major party presidential candidates and their running mates typically begin receiving the same intelligence briefings after being formally nominated.

Republicans have argued that Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of State put national security secrets at risk and should disqualify her from receiving the briefings.

Democrats, meanwhile, have charged that Trump is reckless and erratic and that his coziness with foreign adversaries, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, would put state secrets at risk.

The briefings are a scaled-back version of the briefing the president receives daily.