Confirmed to nbc news that the white house was made aware of it over a year ago, in early 2019. And in a new report, three officials familiar with that intelligence tell the New York Times that american officials intercepted financial transfers from a bank account that was controlled by the Russian Military to an account linked to the taliban. This afternoon the white house responded, criticizing the media for its coverage, slamming leaks, and defending the president. Since before President Trump assumed office, damaging and oftentimes erroneous leaks seeking to undermine or delegitimize the duly elected president have been published. The president was never briefed on this. This intelligence still has not been verified, and there is no consensus. The president has been briefed on what is unfortunately in the Public Domain because of the New York Times and the irresponsible leaks. More broadly, you know, i would reask the question of whether it was in his material but ask you maybe to
Controlled by the Russian Military to an account linked to the taliban. This afternoon the white house responded, criticizing the media for its coverage, slamming leaks, and defending the president. Since before President Trump assumed office, damaging and oftentimes erroneous leaks seeking to undermine or delegitimize the duly elected president have been published. The president was never briefed on this. This intelligence still has not been verified, and there is no consensus. The president has been briefed on what is unfortunately in the Public Domain because of the New York Times and the irresponsible leaks. More broadly, you know, i would reask the question of whether it was in his material but ask you maybe to defend why the president isnt necessarily reading his pdb when there are these type of issues . The president does read and he also consumes intelligence verbally. This president , ill tell you, is the most informed person on planet earth when it comes to the threats that w
In afghanistan. A person with direct knowledge of that intelligence has now confirmed to nbc news that the white house was made aware of it over a year ago, in early 2019. And in a new report, three officials familiar with that intelligence tell the New York Times that american officials intercepted financial transfers from a bank account that was controlled by the Russian Military to an account linked to the taliban. This afternoon the white house responded, criticizing the media for its coverage, slamming leaks, and defending the president. Since before President Trump assumed office, damaging and oftentimes erroneous leaks seeking to undermine or delegitimize the duly elected president have been published. The president was never briefed on this. This intelligence still has not been verified, and there is no consensus. The president has been briefed on what is unfortunately in the Public Domain because of the New York Times and the irresponsible leaks. More broadly, you know, i woul