Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told "The Faulkner Focus" Friday that intelligence about Russia placing bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was "selectively leaked" to the media last year to help the Biden campaign. A senior Biden administration official said Thursday that the intelligence community only had "low to moderate" confidence in the story. US INTEL BACKPEDALS ON RUSSIAN BOUNTY STORY THAT TRUMP CALLED A 'HOAX'TOM COTTON: Joe Biden owes President Trump an apology. Joe Biden used that line of attack multiple times in the campaign to include in the presidential debate. That's a very dangerous thing to get into, and the government needs to take more steps to try to ensure that, on the one hand, people who leak classified information are being punished, but also that classified information truly is classified.

Source: Fox News April 16, 2021 18:19 UTC