Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi requested on Monday a congressional briefing on the intelligence information that suggested Russia hired Taliban militants to attack US troops in Afghanistan.
"The questions that arise are: was the President briefed, and if not, why not, and why was Congress not briefed," she wrote in her request. "Congress and the country need answers now. Congress needs to know what the intelligence community knows about this significant threat to American troops and our allies and what options are available to hold Russia accountable."
President Donald Trump denied he had been briefed on the attack, and called the story "another fabricated Russia hoax," invented to make the Republican party "look bad."
