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President Trump on Sunday night said the reason he wasn’t briefed on Russia’s alleged bounty to the Taliban to kill US forces in Afghanistan is because intelligence officials didn’t find the report credible.

“Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or @VP,” the president tweeted.

“Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @nytimesbooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad!!!”

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https://nypost.com/2020/06/29/trump-says...t-not-credible/

Of course it wasn't true, but the smear is out there, which is the whole point.