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- Russia was secretly warned by the US State Department of potential blowback if it paid bounties for American troops killed in Afghanistan, people familiar with matter said in a Daily Beast report.
- President Donald Trump and his staff, who initially denied he was briefed about the matter, later went on to say that the intelligence he received was not credible.
- Trump has personally spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin multiple times after the intelligence on the Russian bounties circulated in his briefings, and he said in a recent interview with Axios that he had "never discussed it with him."
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The Kremlin was secretly warned by the US State Department of potential blowback if it paid bounties for American troops killed in Afghanistan, people familiar with diplomatic channels said in a Daily Beast report published Wednesday.
At least two senior US officials with knowledge of the communications told The Daily Beast that the warnings were conveyed after news of the alleged bounties became publicly known in late June.
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