I don’t understand why President Trump call it a ‘hoax’. There was such chatter in the intelligence community but it never made it to Trump.
President Trump said Wednesday that reports of Russia paying bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. troops and coalition forces in Afghanistan is a hoax, even as his administration continues to brief members of Congress on the matter.
"Do people still not understand that this is all a made up Fake News Media Hoax started to slander me & the Republican Party. I was never briefed because any info that they may have had did not rise to that level," Trump said in an additional tweet.
The New York Times first reported that U.S. intelligence officials determined months ago that Russia had secretly offered bounties for successful attacks on coalition forces — including U.S. troops — in Afghanistan last year and that officials provided a written briefing of the finding to Trump in late February.
Trump said Sunday that the intelligence community told him he wasn't briefed about these allegations because it did not find the reports credible.
Meanwhile, the Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to receive a briefing Wednesday afternoon. Some congressional Democrats and Republicans were briefedon the issue this week by national security adviser Robert O'Brien and John Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence.
told Mary Louise Kelly on NPR's All Things Considered that she would have preferred to receive the briefing alongside her Republican colleagues.
"In my experience, we should be receiving the same information whether you're Democrat or Republican," Slotkin said. "When it comes to the national security of the country, you know, we should all be putting politics aside and just getting the facts as we understand them."
Trump Calls Bounty Report A 'Hoax' Despite Administration's Briefing Of Congress
President Trump said Wednesday that reports of Russia paying bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. troops and coalition forces in Afghanistan is a hoax, even as his administration continues to brief members of Congress on the matter.
"Do people still not understand that this is all a made up Fake News Media Hoax started to slander me & the Republican Party. I was never briefed because any info that they may have had did not rise to that level," Trump said in an additional tweet.
The New York Times first reported that U.S. intelligence officials determined months ago that Russia had secretly offered bounties for successful attacks on coalition forces — including U.S. troops — in Afghanistan last year and that officials provided a written briefing of the finding to Trump in late February.
Trump said Sunday that the intelligence community told him he wasn't briefed about these allegations because it did not find the reports credible.
Meanwhile, the Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to receive a briefing Wednesday afternoon. Some congressional Democrats and Republicans were briefedon the issue this week by national security adviser Robert O'Brien and John Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence.
told Mary Louise Kelly on NPR's All Things Considered that she would have preferred to receive the briefing alongside her Republican colleagues.
"In my experience, we should be receiving the same information whether you're Democrat or Republican," Slotkin said. "When it comes to the national security of the country, you know, we should all be putting politics aside and just getting the facts as we understand them."
Trump Calls Bounty Report A 'Hoax' Despite Administration's Briefing Of Congress
