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Swede

(33,236 posts) Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:48 PM Jun 2020

AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019

Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence.

https://apnews.com/425e43fa0ffdd6e126c5171653ec47d1

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AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019 (Original Post) Swede Jun 2020 OP

Trump has thoroughly screwed himself C_U_L8R Jun 2020 #1

There seems to be no other option, but this is a crooked, corrupt... brush Jun 2020 #3

Lawrence reporting that Bolton briefed Trump on this in March 2019. n/t blitzen Jun 2020 #2

C_U_L8R

(45,000 posts)

1. Trump has thoroughly screwed himself

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:51 PM

Jun 2020

and continues to lie about it. If this country has its head on straight, Trump would be out of office by Wednesday.

brush

(53,771 posts)

3. There seems to be no other option, but this is a crooked, corrupt...

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:58 PM

Jun 2020

administration backed by crooked, corrupt repug party who don't have the backbone to join with Dems to demand his resignation.

blitzen

(4,572 posts)

2. Lawrence reporting that Bolton briefed Trump on this in March 2019. n/t

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:54 PM

Jun 2020

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