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Republicans urge action following briefing on Russian bounties allegation

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Eight Republican members of US congress have attended a White House briefing about allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the White House insisted the president himself has not been fully briefed on.
Eight Republican members of US congress have attended a White House briefing about allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the White House insisted the president himself has not been fully briefed on.
Members of both US parties called for additional information and consequences for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, with eight Democrats due to be briefed on the matter on Tuesday morning.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted US president Donald Trump had not been briefed on the findings because they have not been verified.
The White House appears to be setting an unusually high bar for bringing the information to Mr Trump, since it is rare for intelligence to be confirmed without a shadow of doubt before it is presented to senior government decision-makers.
Ms McEnany declined to say why a different standard of confidence in the intelligence applied to briefing legislators compared to bringing the information to the president.
Republicans who were in the briefing on Monday expressed alarm about Russia’s activities in Afghanistan.
Michael McCaul, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and fellow representative Adam Kinzinger were in the briefing led by US director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and national security adviser Robert O’Brien.
Mr McCaul and Mr Kinzinger said in a statement that legislators were told “there is an ongoing review to determine the accuracy of these reports”.

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