Trump Says Report on Russian Afghanistan Bounties Isn’t Credible
- Russia reportedly paid to target U.S. troops in Afghanistan
- Biden criticized Trump, Russia’s Putin at campaign event
President Donald Trump
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President Donald Trump said in a tweet that U.S. intelligence officials told him a report that the Russian government paid bounties for American and allied troops to be killed in Afghanistan wasn’t credible, and therefore didn’t brief him about it.
The White House earlier had denied reports that Trump was briefed by intelligence officials about -- but had done nothing to respond to -- the Russian bounties.