Joe Biden on reported Russian bounties: 'The idea that somehow [Pres. Trump] didn't know or isn't being briefed—that is a dereliction of duty...and if he was briefed and nothing was done about this, that's a dereliction of duty.'
President Donald Trump has yet to be briefed on the potentially politically damaging matter.The White House on Monday continued to deflect questions about reports U.S. intelligence determined Russia offered bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying “the veracity” of such allegations is still being determined and insisting that President Donald Trump had yet to be briefed on the potentially politically damaging matter.
Yet Sunday night, Trump tweeted:"Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP . Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @nytimesbooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad!!!" Asked what Trump would do to hold Russia accountable if the intelligence is borne out to be true, she said,"I won't speculate on whether this intelligence is verified or not verified and I won't get ahead of the president on further actions."
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