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Cotton singles out Schiff as ‘potential source’ for hyped Russian bounties reporting

By Daniel Chaitin

Published April 22, 2021 2:01am ET

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Cotton singles out Schiff as ‘potential source’ for hyped Russian bounties reporting — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting with fellow Republicans, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Legislation to ease federal sentencing laws is pitting conservatives against each other as President Donald Trump looks to score a major legislative win before the end of the year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff may have been a source for media reports last year that hyped intelligence about how the Russian government had offered bounties to Afghan militants to kill U.S. troops, according to a Republican lawmaker.

Sen. Tom Cotton told Lisa Boothe on her podcast, The Truth with Lisa Boothe, that the leaks were “probably as likely” to have come from Democrats in Congress as the U.S. intelligence community and specifically name-dropped Schiff, a California Democrat.

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