Psaki Pressed on Whether Biden Regrets Slamming Trump Over Reported Russian Bounties on US Troops

As a candidate, Joe Bidenblasted then-President Donald Trump for not moving to punish Russia for reportedly paying Taliban fighters bounties to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

However, on Thursday, it was reported that U.S. intelligence agencies have “low-to-moderate confidence” in those reports.

During a press briefing on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked if Biden regrets slamming Trump during the campaign.

“Well, I’m not going to speak to the previous administration,” Psaki responded.

She continued, “But I will say that we had enough concern about these reports and about the targeting of our men and women serving, the men and women who are proudly serving around the world, that we wanted our intelligence community to look into it.”

Earlier in the briefing, Psaki noted that it is difficult to gather intelligence in Afghanistan which played a role in the “low-to-moderate” assessment of the reports of the reported bounties.

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In June 2020, The New York Times reported