White House Says Trump Didn T Know About Russia Bounty Scandal
Trump tweeted late Sunday evening that he wasn’t aware of the arrangement, after The New York Times reported on Friday that an elite Russian military intelligence unit offered the bounties to kill American soldiers in the country. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany doubled down on the denial during a news briefing on Monday. “There was not a consensus among the intelligence community, and it would not be elevated to the president until it was verified,” she told reporters....