U.S. President Donald Trump said he never questioned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Moscow paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan, casting doubt on the reports in an interview. "I have never discussed it with him," Trump said in an interview on Tuesday with Axios on HBO. Democrats in Congress have accused Trump, who is seeking re-election in November, of not taking intelligence information concerning soldiers' deaths seriously enough. Because they didn't think – intelligence, they didn't think it was real," Trump told Axios. Trump told Axios he does read the daily intelligence briefing.

Source: CBC News July 29, 2020 13:06 UTC