The problem with Trump's denial in the Russia bounty controversy

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.MaddowBlog: The problem with Pres. Trump's denial on US intel reports that Russians purportedly offered bounties to Taliban fighters who kill Americans

It's hard to know which of the various scenarios is the most ridiculous: Trump was informed about the bounty scheme but did nothing; Trump was kept in the dark by his own administration's intelligence officials; or Trump was handed critically important national-security information, but he didn't bother to read it.

The denial -- to the extent that this can be called a denial -- is a mess for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Trump was responding to a claim that no one had made: the reporting was about Russia offering bounties, not directly attacking U.S. troops in Afghanistan. It naturally raised the question of whether the president was confused about the story or whether he was altering the underlying claim deliberately. Rep.

And finally there is the president's assertion that the bounty controversy is dubious because"there have not been many attacks" on American troops in Afghanistan.This is a story that has the potential to be a significant scandal, and a non-denial denial from the Oval Office will not put it to rest.

 

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