Pelosi on Trump: ‘With him, all roads lead to Putin’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted the president as beholden to the Russian government, following a startling New York Times report that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban fighters to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan

that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban fighters to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

“This is as bad as it gets, and yet the president will not confront the Russians on this score,” Pelosi said. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for answers. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he expects the administration to take these allegations seriously. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez said the Senate should vote on new sanctions against Russia., saying neither Trump nor Vice President Mike Pence were briefed on the alleged intelligence. “This does not speak to the merit of the alleged intelligence,” press secretary Kayleigh McEnany added.

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