White House briefing Monday about explosive allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the president himself was said to have not been fully read in on.Members of Congress in both parties called for additional information and consequences for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, even as White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted President Donald Trump had not been briefed on the findings because they hadn’t been verified.
Eight Democrats were to be briefed Tuesday morning. Trump says he wasn’t briefed on reported bounties against U.S. troops in Afghanistan The White House seemed to be setting an unusually high bar for bringing the.