
A briefing behind closed doors in the US Senate devolved into a shouting match, according to accounts of the gathering, after Republican senators attempted to pressure Biden administration officials into asking Senate Democrats for concessions on border security policy.
The surprising scene played out on Tuesday afternoon at a classified Senate briefing on Ukraine attended by Senate leaders as well as members of the Intelligence committee, which was originally set to be joined remotely by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.