Former US national security advisor John Bolton says Donald Trump’s claim to not have been briefed over allegations Russia paid Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill coalition forces is ‘not the way the system works’. Speaking on Face the Nation after the release of his tell-all book, The Room Where It Happened , Bolton said the notion that only 100% verified information would reach the president would mean they would receive ‘almost nothing’. ‘And this intelligence in 2020, by the administration’s own admission, was deemed credible enough to give to our allies’
Continue reading…Former US national security advisor John Bolton says Donald Trump’s claim to not have been briefed over allegations Russia paid Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill coalition forces is ‘not the way the system works’. Speaking on Face the Nation after the release of his tell-all book, The Room Where It Happened , Bolton said the notion that only 100% verified information would reach the president would mean they would receive ‘almost nothing’. ‘And this intelligence in 2020, by the administration’s own admission, was deemed credible enough to give to our allies’Bolton: Trump claim he wasn’t told of Russia bounty report is ‘not how system works’Continue reading…