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Trump Calls Bounty Report A 'Hoax' Despite Administration's Briefing Of Congress

The president dismissed the allegation as politically motivated. The Senate intelligence committee is scheduled to receive a briefing on the matter Wednesday.
President Trump, seen here during a workforce policy board meeting in June, has dismissed reports on Russian bounties on coalition forces in Afghanistan as a "hoax."

President Trump said Wednesday that reports of Russia paying bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. troops and coalition forces in Afghanistan is a hoax, even as his administration continues to brief members of Congress on the matter.

"Do people still not understand that this

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