President Joe Biden has said the United States was “not involved” in the short mercenary uprising in Russia, but Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, claims otherwise.
“President Biden said we’re not involved in that, which is probably the biggest lie you can tell,” Tuberville said Tuesday on an Alabama talk radio show. “There’s no way we’re not involved in it to some degree with our CIA.”
It’s not clear whether the senator was simply speculating or had received additional information from intelligence briefings. His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
According to news reports, U.S. officials were in frequent contact with Russia over the tumultuous weekend but stressed that they saw the issue as an internal dispute.
Tuberville said he thought the U.S. should be more involved in working with Ukraine and Russia to resolve the conflict.
“Biden should be on the phone every day talking to Putin and Zelensky,” he said, naming the leaders of the two countries. “It just amazes me how little input the White House has had over the past year. There have been hundreds of thousands of people killed. It’s just been devastating.”
“We’re over there doing things we shouldn’t be doing, spending money we shouldn’t be spending.”
The United States just announced a new $500 million package in military aid for Ukraine.
Tuberville also said he will continue to push Alabama’s request to house Space Command headquarters and to block military promotions in protest of the Department of Defense’s abortion policy.
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