White House Says President Has Now Been Briefed on Russian Bounty Reports

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany says the president has now been briefed on reports that surfaced in the New York Times over the weekend that Russia has paid Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. She also criticizes the New York Times on publishing leaked intelligence and reiterates the position that there is still no consensus on the intelligence reports. Later in the briefing she declines to say if the information had been included in the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) prior to the New York Times' story. close