He is helping Putin, not the US. He said he wasn’t briefed but he at least got written material. Sad!
Trump remains silent on Putin despite uproar over alleged Russian bounty payments https://t.co/7Celdq0Yp2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2020
Anyone who persists in thinking that Trump is crazy or unable to control himself might recall that on one issue he has never misspoken: Putin. Not one criticism, ever. https://t.co/xZ8ZGXnaY7
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) July 1, 2020
How could it be that nobody told Trump about the alleged Russian bounties?
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2020
The idea that Trump's briefer, a career government bureaucrat, decided to keep him out of the loop isn't credible, say current and former officials.https://t.co/Pmbt1Xuj9F
‘Like yelling squirrel': White House goes after media over Russia bounty story https://t.co/DfvfpGuMHT
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) July 4, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: An analytics shop overseen by Trump's DNI, John Ratcliffe has taken another look at the intel supporting the CIA's assessment that Russia paid bounties for killings of US soldiers in Afghanistan, producing a memo that seeks to highlight doubts. https://t.co/4NFRjVkeDH
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) July 3, 2020
Trump would do anything for Putin. No wonder he’s ignoring the Russian bounties, writes Michael @McFaul https://t.co/wQEeOukoKH
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 3, 2020
After all the ways they’ve debased themselves, what’s a little treason thrown into the mix?
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 1, 2020
Senate Republicans defend Trump’s response on Russian bounties https://t.co/biulQlmNwM
Donald Trump now says he doesn’t believe our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia is paying bounties to Taliban who kill U.S. troops. Why not? Because . . . wait for it:
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 2, 2020
Because Putin TOLD him Russia isn’t doing that. Shades of Helsinki. Can this really be happening?
Another confirmation of this story https://t.co/8l7ofl9n2f
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) July 2, 2020
BREAKING: The New York Times has identified an Afghan contractor, Rahmatullah Azizi, who delivered Russian cash from the GRU to the Taliban to target American troops. https://t.co/ZXEZqT6Rua
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) July 2, 2020
White House does not plan any immediate response over intelligence reports on Russian bounties targeting U.S. troops https://t.co/GbJuaNXuOx
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2020
So in other words, they'll do the exact same thing they've been doing for months: nothing. https://t.co/R9LAjgrKz2
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 1, 2020
So the story has gone from the president didn't know anything about this, to there is an ongoing "investigation," to not all intel agencies agree, to it's a made up hoax. Got it. https://t.co/38dWiFZois
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) July 1, 2020
Analysis: Trump suggests Russia’s denials may trump U.S. intelligence — again https://t.co/lPRtIDaeQ3
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 1, 2020
New: The WH is zeroing in on Trump’s intel briefer as the reason why Trump wasn’t told orally about Russia bounty intel (despite it being in PDB). Former officials, though, say “using the excuse that the briefer didn't tell him is just that: an excuse.” https://t.co/c8laP9J3jc
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 1, 2020
Analysis: The only people dismissing the Russia bounties intel: The Taliban, Russia and Trump https://t.co/hbWx8PitRX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 1, 2020
Trump's not only denying that he was told, he's denying Russia paid bounties to kill American soldiers. Trump is siding with Putin against the American soldiers Putin wants to murder. And the Trump death cult will go right along with him. They don't mind sacrificing our soldiers. https://t.co/9rzGTN9tsN
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 1, 2020
This is as blunt a statement as I've ever seen a retired general officer make. https://t.co/4STayYaC5w
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 1, 2020
Opinion | Why Does Trump Put Russia First? – The New York Times https://t.co/kX7BwX6Hvz
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) July 1, 2020
"What you're hearing from the White House podium is not attacks on Russia but attacks on the media," @JDiamond1 says on @TheLeadCNN
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 30, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Data intercepts showed GRU-to-Taliban $ transfers & a key intermediary fled to Russia, bolstering earlier detainee accounts about a Russian bounty op. Trump WH omitted in its briefing to GOP lawmakers as it downplayed intel as murky/contested. https://t.co/bmMd4V7Fjt
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) June 30, 2020
Further cooperation with Russia, particularly on counterterrorism, "was a nonstop request" by the Trump admin to CIA & broader IC, said @Mpolymer, a former agency official who retired in 2019. "The effort as had always been the case was futile." https://t.co/eN4B93y02G
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 30, 2020
Beginning of trail was intercept of bank data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account. 2 officials confirm Trump was briefed. In a different time, we'd be talking impeachment.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 30, 2020
Anyone claiming these things about the PDB is either profoundly ignorant or is knowingly lying to you.
— David Priess (@DavidPriess) June 30, 2020
The core PDB, even for presidents who *did* read it voraciously, rarely even reached 20 pages.
And for 55 years, *every* POTUS (possibly excepting of Nixon) has read it. https://t.co/eSKFz0y8Rj
Republicans once again face questions about why Trump isn’t tougher on Russia https://t.co/wcoLupj0Mt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 30, 2020
He has devoted extensive time to denying that he shuffled weakly down a ramp.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 30, 2020
He has devoted extensive concern to whether he should call Joe Biden “Sleepy” or “Creepy.”
He has devoted *zero* effort to expressing concern that Russia paid to have American service members killed. https://t.co/bFoS5yCND5
Earlier today, the White House claimed that this was new intelligence that they were still investigating. https://t.co/TNLuif98y0
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 30, 2020
Per AP, Bolton briefed Trump in March 2019 about the Russian bounties.
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 30, 2020
In assessing whether the bounties resulted in killings, officials are focused in particular on an attack on an American convoy that occurred in April 2019. https://t.co/do4e58hsij
Sad! 