Democrats demand Trump response to reported Russian bounties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would require President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on any Russian involved in the alleged payment of bounties to militants for killing U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan.
The legislation would require Trump to certify whether the Russian government offered, ordered or was responsible for bounties for killing U.S. and allied forces.
If his administration found that Moscow did so, the measure would further require Trump to impose asset-blocking and visa-ban sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian involved in the bounties.
Reports about U.S. intelligence findings that Moscow paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan emerged in late June. Russia denied the reports, and Trump has made clear he did not believe them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-democrats-plan-bill-requiring-140509296.html
Go ahead and kill the bill Moscow Mitch. I dare you.
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