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The Lincoln Project's brutal new ad doesn't buy Trump's denial on Russia's U.S. troop bounties

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Speed Reads2020 ad warA clandestine unit of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency linked to the Taliban for killing U.S. and allied troops in the country, , adding that Trump was briefed on the Russian operation in March. , , and confirmed the classified intelligence assessment on Saturday, and and reported Sunday that U.S. officials believe the bounties .The White House reportedly considered several responses but has taken no action — in fact, Trump has since into and in Germany, both actions welcome in Moscow. The White House on the intelligence assessment — which — and Trump elaborated in tweet Sunday night, "intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me" or Vice President Mike Pence.Among those who do not believe Trump has refrained from acting because he was kept in the dark is the anti-Trump Republican group the Lincoln Project, which churned out on Saturday. "When Trump tells you he stands by the troops, he's right — just not our troops," the ad concludes.The fact that the Russian bounty operation was reported in all major national newspapers "doesn't mean it's certainly true," . "But it does mean that very credible people in U.S. intelligence service are angry and alarmed. Angry and alarmed enough to provide evidence to three leading media sources." It's possible, , that Trump and other officials "are telling a version of the truth — that the information was withheld from Trump by briefers who have learned not to upset him" with .

Speed Reads2020 ad warA clandestine unit of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency linked to the Taliban for killing U.S. and allied troops in the country, , adding that Trump was briefed on the Russian operation in March. , , and confirmed the classified intelligence assessment on Saturday, and and reported Sunday that U.S. officials believe the bounties .The White House reportedly considered several responses but has taken no action — in fact, Trump has since into and in Germany, both actions welcome in Moscow. The White House on the intelligence assessment — which — and Trump...

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