The Associated Press: Trump knew at the beginning of 2019 that the Russian bounty hunt for the US military in Afghanistan
The Associated Press: Trump knew at the beginning of 2019 that the Russian bounty hunt for the US military in Afghanistan.
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| Trump knew at the beginning of 2019 |
The Associated Press reported on the 30th that informed U.S. officials said that the White House knew of confidential information as early as 2019 and pointed out that Russia secretly provided a bounty to the theologian to take the life of the US military, a year earlier than the time point reported by the New York Times. .
Officials who were in direct contact with the intelligence said that at least one intelligence assessment report was included in the written intelligence briefings Trump received daily. At the time, the White House national security adviser Bolton also told his colleagues that he briefed Trump on this intelligence assessment report in March 2019.
The New York Times was the first to disclose on the 26th that Russia offered bounties to the theologians, and Trump has received relevant briefings. But Trump denied on the 28th that he had obtained a briefing. The White House clarified on the 29th that because the information was not fully confirmed, Trump never obtained a briefing.
However, New York News reported on the 30th that two officials said that Trump had received a written briefing at the end of February this year, and one of the officials even stated that the briefing date was February 27.
According to the Associated Press report, Trump had been briefed as early as last year.