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Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON The White House denied Saturday that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had been briefed on an intelligence finding that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill American troops and other coalition forces in Afghanistan.
The United States receives thousands of intelligence reports a day, and they are subject to strict scrutiny, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement.
While the White House does not routinely comment on intelligence or internal deliberations, the CIA Director, National Security Advisor, and the Chief of Staff can all confirm that neither the President nor the Vice President were briefed on the alleged Russian bounty intelligence, McEnany said.
The New York Times, which first reported the intelligence finding on Friday, said Trump had been briefed on the issue and that the White Houses National Security Council discussed the matter at an interagency meeting in late March.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/27/afghanistan-white-house-denies-trump-briefed-russia-bounty-report/3272352001/