Lawmakers Press Trump for Answers on Russia Bounty Reports
- GOP and Dems want to know who knew what when on Afghan attacks
- Bolton says Trump comment on not being briefed ‘remarkable’
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Leaders of both parties pressed on Sunday for answers from the White House about reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin had put bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan and that the U.S. had taken no action in response. Democrats called for hearings to be held.
In his first comment on the matter, President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that “nobody briefed or told me” about the “so-called attacks,” a comment that his former national security adviser termed “remarkable.”