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yortsed snacilbuper

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Wed Jul 1, 2020, 08:29 PM Jul 2020

Trump Gives Putin a Pass on Bounties So He Can Target Leakers Instead

In the days since The New York Times broke the news on U.S. intelligence examining claims of Russian bounties being offered to kill American military personnel in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has turned his ire not at the Russian government, but instead on two of his favorite enemies: the news media and their confidential sources

According to two people familiar with the matter, the president in recent days has privately expressed—“rather loudly,” in the words of one of the sources—his desire for a leak investigation into how that story ended up in the Times, and his wish for the leaker or leakers to face a heavy prison sentence.

As Trump continues to demand a leak investigation and fumes about the intelligence being made public, his deputies are on edge and have begun pointing fingers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-gives-putin-a-pass-on-bounties-so-he-can-target-leakers-instead/ar-BB16eh85?ocid=msedgntp

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Trump Gives Putin a Pass on Bounties So He Can Target Leakers Instead (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Jul 2020 OP
Prison for leaking a hoax? soothsayer Jul 2020 #1
trump is Fucked Up & FUBARED. Cha Jul 2020 #2
Apparently the only way to get trump's attention is by leaking info to the NY Times Walleye Jul 2020 #3
Lincoln Project getting his attention with ads on Fox in DC market. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #4
Best political advertising I've ever seen Walleye Jul 2020 #5
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