President Donald Trump was not verbally briefed on a reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan because the ...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech following a tour of Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin, U.S., June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File PhotoWASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was not verbally briefed on a reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan because the allegations were not corroborated at the time, White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said on Wednesday .
"The person who decided early on whether the president should be briefed on this in the Oval, in the Oval intelligence briefing, was a senior career civil servant," O'Brien told reporters at the White House."And she made that decision because she didn't have confidence in the intelligence that came out."
After Trump initially said he was not briefed on the matter, the White House earlier this week said Trump was not"personally" briefed but did not address whether he had received a written report or read it, and why he had not responded more aggressively if so.O'Brien told reporters on Wednesday that Trump has now been briefed on the Russian bounty reports.
Democrats on Tuesday called on Trump to consider imposing new economic sanctions on Russia if the information was confirmed.
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