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Bret Baier Presses Liz Cheney on Her Role in Spreading the Anonymously Sourced ‘Russian Bounties’ Story

‘Do you regret taking part in spreading that story?’
By Grabien Staff

EXCERPT:

BAIER: "Last year many in the media and in Washington, including you, amplified anonymous sources stories, claiming that President Trump ignored intelligence, that Russians were paying bounties to kill Americans in Afghanistan. We've since learned that that intelligence was pretty shoddy, poorly sourced. Do you regret taking part in spreading that story?"

CHENEY: "No, I think actually if you look at the details of the story, Bret, you will see that the intelligence community has made a recommendation about that intelligence. They talked about having low confidence. I think if you go back and look at what I said, every single thing I said, I said if those stories are true, we need to know why the President and the Vice President were not briefed on them, and made very clear that we were concerned. I remain concerned about the role of the Russian government in Afghanistan. The role of the Russians in terms of working against our interests around the world."

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