briefed

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Darryl Preston, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's police and crime commissioner, said he had been briefed by Chief Constable Simon Megicks.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

A newspaper reporter looking into the case learned that local police were briefed by federal authorities of the urgency to recover the documents because they revealed the Hughes connection to the CIA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

“From what we have been briefed on, yes,” Mullin replied.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Some committee members plan to ask Gates about emails in the Justice Department files that Epstein had sent to himself, according to people briefed by their staffers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

His men had briefed him about the pots and pans.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy