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July 5, 2020

Susan Rice slams Trump over Russian bounties: 'I don't buy this story that he was never briefed'

Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice blasted President Trump’s claims that he was never briefed about reports that Russian intelligence operatives offer bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan for the killing of U.S. troops.

July 5, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: ‘President Biden’ would be music to Russian and Taliban ears

Hard to fathom which notion is more hilarious. Is it that Joe Biden would get tough with the Taliban, or that Joe Biden would get tough with Russia?

July 4, 2020

Rep. Devin Nunes reacts to brief on Russian bounties: Vladimir Putin is 'dangerous,' intel community has 'real problem'

There is a "real problem" in the U.S. intelligence community if the leakers are going to have to investigate themselves, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., pointed out Saturday.

July 3, 2020

Jim Banks on Russian bounty report: Nancy Pelosi is attacking ‘career intelligence officers’

Rep. Jim Banks pushed back on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s criticism of President Trump’s response to the Russian bounty report, saying that the call was made by “career intelligence officers.”

July 3, 2020

Gen. Keane says his military sources could not 'corroborate' Russian bounties placed on US soldiers

Retired Gen. Jack Keane said on Friday that his sources in the military could not corroborate the report that Russia placed bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

July 3, 2020

Rep. Brad Wenstrup says President Trump 'has done more' against Russia than past presidents

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, on Friday blasted the leaders who were calling President Trump weak on Russia.

July 2, 2020

Behind the top-secret Russian military intelligence unit accused of paying insurgents to kill Americans in Afghanistan

There is a Russian clandestine military intelligence unit known as the 29155, and it is believed to behind a string of scandals – most recently, a reported scheme to pay bounties to Afghan insurgents to kill U.S. troops.

July 2, 2020

Pelosi denies prior knowledge of Russia bounty reports: 'Intelligence community should have brought it to us'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wasn't aware that U.S. intelligence officials believed Russian was paying bounties to Afghan fighters to kill American soldiers and said she should have been briefed on such "consequential" information.

July 2, 2020

Pelosi attacks Trump over coronavirus, Russia hostility: 'The president himself is a hoax'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attempted to turn one of President Trump's favorite attack lines back on him Thursday, claiming that "the president himself is a hoax" rather than the coronavirus or Russian interference in U.S. elections.

July 2, 2020

Rep. McCaul admits Trump 'did deserve, probably' to know about Russian bounty intelligence

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told "America's Newsroom" Thursday that President Trump "did deserve, probably, to know" about intelligence that Russian officials had paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants in exchange for the deaths of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.