New: The WH is zeroing in on Trump’s intel briefer as the reason why Trump wasn’t told orally about Russia bounty intel (despite it being in PDB). Former officials, though, say “using the excuse that the briefer didn't tell him is just that: an excuse.” https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/01/russia-bounty-intel-breakdown-trump-347224

O’Brien said briefer chose not to raise intel w/Trump bc it was unverified. But intel would not be included in the PDB while simultaneously being too unreliable to brief the president about, because the assumption is that the president will read the PDB, former officials said.

Moreover, uncorroborated intelligence that the IC has not yet reached a consensus on “is included all the time” in the PDB if it is deemed important enough to be on the president’s radar, said @DavidPriess.
@kyledcheney and I unpack: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/01/russia-bounty-intel-breakdown-trump-347224