Pelosi Claims Trump Is Ignoring Allegations Against Russians Because They Have Something on Him

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says President Donald Trump is ignoring intelligence against Russia because officials in that country are in possession of information that could be damaging to him.

On Friday, The New York Times reported that Russian intelligence operatives have been putting bounties on U.S soldiers in Afghanistan. The Times also reported that Trump has known about the reported bounties for months and has been trying to develop a response.

During an appearance on ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday, Pelosi was asked if she was briefed on the reported bounties, she said, “No, and we have called for a report to the Congress on this.”

She continued, “This is as bad as it gets, and yet the president will not confront the Russians on this score, denies being briefed … With him, all roads lead to Putin. I don’t know what the Russians have on the president, politically, personally, financially, or whatever it is, but he wants to ignore, he wants to bring them back to the G-8 despite the annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine.”

Pelosi said Trump “should have been briefed” on the reports that Russian officials were offering money to Taliban militias to kill U.S. soldiers. She explained why Trump might have ignored the intelligence report, “The president wants to ignore any allegation against Russia.”

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“You would think that the minute the president heard of it, he would want to know more instead of denying that he knew anything,” she said. And she vowed to find out if Trump was briefed or not but, she added, “If he was not, what does that say about the concern that those who have briefed the president have of not going anywhere near the Russia issue with the president?”