The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, will no longer give two oversight committee in Congress “in-person” briefings on election security, and will rely instead on written updates, CNN reported Saturday.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper, in a phone interview on “CNN Newsroom” with Fredericka Whitfield, reported the news would likely land like a bombshell on both sides of the aisle.

According to CNN, which cited an unnamed senior administration official, the DNI will not give sitdown briefings to the House Select Committee on Intelligence, chaired by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, now headed by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

Instead, the committees will get written updates, Tapper reported.

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