众议院议长南希·佩洛西在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中说，总统唐纳德·特朗普没有回复报告俄罗斯情报官员愿意支付塔利班-将激进分子与美国军队联系起来，称美国没有做出回应“令人震惊”
佩洛西周日在接受美国广播公司新闻节目主持人乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯采访时说:“我不知道俄罗斯人在政治上、个人上或其他方面对总统有什么看法，但他想忽略”俄罗斯的错误行为。
在被斯特凡诺普洛斯问及她是否认为俄罗斯掌握了特朗普的把柄时，佩洛西说，“否则，你会如何解释他拒绝一次又一次地忽视那些把我们的选举牵扯进来的情报?”
“现在，他说这是假消息。他为什么这么说?”她补充道。
“他是给俄罗斯的礼物——削弱我们在北约的领导地位，削弱我们在德国的军队，这都是给普京的礼物，”她说。“这里很不对劲。但这必须有一个答案。”
纽约时报第一次报道是在周五，一个俄罗斯军事单位秘密提议付钱给塔利班武装分子，让他们在2010年杀死美国军队阿富汗特朗普被告知了调查结果。
一名军方官员向美国广播公司证实，俄罗斯情报官员提出付钱给激进分子，让他们在阿富汗杀死美国军人。这位官员不知道特朗普是否听取了简报，但表示美国高级官员数月来一直了解俄罗斯的努力。
佩洛西是“八国集团”的成员之一，该集团由国会高层领导人组成，定期听取敏感情报的汇报。她说，她没有被告知此事。
“我们呼吁就此向国会提交一份报告，”佩洛西周日表示，并补充称，如果特朗普得到简报，议员们将试图“查明”。
她还表示担心情报官员可能害怕向总统提出这个问题。
佩洛西说:“你会认为总统一听到这个消息就想知道更多，而不是否认任何事情。”。
佩洛西重复了她与特朗普的对话，“所有的路都通向(俄罗斯总统)普京”，这一评论可以追溯到去年10月他们在白宫的对抗，当时两人最后一次说话。
如同冠状病毒佩洛西告诉斯特凡诺普洛斯，全国范围内的病例和住院人数持续增加，她将支持联邦政府的口罩授权。
“这肯定是早就应该的，”她说。“我的理解是，疾病控制中心建议使用口罩，但并不要求这样做，因为他们不想冒犯总统。”
“真正的男人戴着面具，”她补充道。“这不是保护你自己，而是保护别人。”
佩洛西呼吁特朗普政府“严肃”对待冠状病毒威胁，因为死亡人数已超过125，000人，美国上周数次创下新的一天病例记录。
她指出，占世界人口4%以上的美国，有25%的阳性冠状病毒病例和死亡病例。
“我们的记录是世界上最差的，总统说我们正在取得进步，或者别的什么，”她说。“这是生死攸关的事情。”
众议院在5月份通过了一项3万亿美元的冠状病毒资助和救助计划，遭到共和党和共和党控制的参议院的反对。
佩洛西与财政部长史蒂文·姆努钦协商了最后一个两党方案，他说与他的会谈将在“协议结束时”进行
“司法委员会有他们的讨论，当他们陷入僵局时，它上升到领导层的四个角落，”她说。"当这陷入僵局时，我们会与政府谈判。"
“很多共和党人打电话给我，说‘在下一个法案中，我们必须有这个’”，她补充道。“他们知道我们必须有一份账单。”
Pelosi says it’s 'totally outrageous' Trump reportedly didn’t respond to intelligence that Russians offered to pay Taliban-linked militants to kill US troops
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on ABC's "This Week" it was "totally outrageous" that PresidentDonald Trumpdid notrespond to reportsthat Russian intelligence officers offered to payTaliban-linked militants to target American troops, calling the lack of a U.S. response "appalling."
"I don't know what the Russians have on the president politically, personally or whatever it is, but he wants to ignore" Russian wrongdoing, Pelosi said Sunday in an interview with ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Pressed by Stephanopoulos on whether she believes Russia has dirt on Trump, Pelosi said, "How else would you explain his refusal to ignore, again and again, the intelligence that puts right at the Russian doorstep the involvement into our elections, for example?"
"Now, he's saying this is fake news. Why would he say that?" she added.
"He is a gift to Russia -- to diminish our leadership in NATO, to diminish our troops in Germany, all a gift to Putin," she said. "Something is very wrong here. But this must have an answer."
The New York Timesfirst reported on Friday that a Russian military unit secretly offered to pay Taliban militants to kill American troops inAfghanistan, and that Trump was briefed on the findings.
A military official confirmed to ABC News that Russian intelligence officers offered to pay militants to kill American service members in Afghanistan. The official didn't know if Trump was briefed but said senior U.S. officials were aware of the Russian effort for months.
Pelosi, a member of the "Gang of Eight" -- the group of top congressional leaders regularly briefed on sensitive intelligence -- said she was not briefed on this matter.
"We have called for a report to Congress on this," Pelosi said on Sunday, adding that lawmakers would try to "find out" if Trump was briefed.
She also expressed concern that intelligence officials may have been afraid to broach the subject with the president.
"You would think that the minute he heard of this the president would want to know more instead of denying anything," Pelosi said.
Pelosi repeated her refrain that with Trump "all roads lead to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," a comment dating back to their confrontation at the White House last October, when the two last spoke.
Ascoronaviruscases and hospitalizations continue to increase across the country, Pelosi told Stephanopoulos she would support a federal mask mandate.
"It's definitely long overdue for that," she said. "My understanding is that the Centers for Disease Control has recommended the use of masks but not required it, because they don't want to offend the president."
"Real men wear masks," she added. "It's not about protecting yourself, it's about protecting others."
Pelosi called on the Trump administration to take the coronavirus threat "seriously" as the death toll surpassed 125,000, and the United States set new one-day case records several times last week.
She noted that the United States, which has over 4% of the world's population, has 25% of the positive coronavirus cases and deaths.
"We have the worst record of any country in the world, and the president says we're making progress, or whatever," she said. "This is life and death."
The House passed a $3 trillion coronavirus funding and relief package in May, which was opposed by Republicans and the GOP-held Senate.
Pelosi, who negotiated the last bipartisan package with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said talks with him would take place "at the end of the agreement."
"The committees of jurisdiction have their discussions, and when they reach an impasse it rises to the four corners of leadership," she said. "When that reaches an impasse, we negotiate with the administration."
"I have a number of Republicans calling me and saying, 'In the next bill, we have to have this,'" she added. "They know we have to have a bill."
