WASHINGTON, June 30 — The White House sought to play down reports it knew Russia had paid the Taliban bounties to kill US troops, promising to brief Democrats today after being accused of only sharing information with President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans. Trump administration officials...
reporting on Sunday that several American soldiers were believed to have died as a result of the programme, which the Kremlin has denied.
“The questions that arise are: Was the President briefed, and if not, why not, and why was Congress not briefed?” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote to Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and CIA Director Gina Haspel. White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany denied Trump was briefed and said there was “no consensus within the intelligence community.”
Four US government sources confirmed to Reuters the existence of classified US intelligence reports suggesting that a Russian military intelligence unit had offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill US and allied forces in Afghanistan.
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