Trump’s Intelligence Director Vows to Investigate Bounty Reports
- Ratcliffe rebukes whoever leaked Afghanistan-Russia claim
- Pelosi demands a full House briefing on ‘Russian bounties’
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Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence vowed to investigate allegations that Russian operatives in Afghanistan offered bounties for the killing of American soldiers and brief lawmakers and the president about his conclusions.
The director, John Ratcliffe, made the announcement on Monday night as pressure builds on Trump to explain how the administration responded to an apparent lethal threat against U.S. forces and their allies.