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The New York Times first reported on Friday that a Russian military unit secretly offered to pay Taliban militants to kill American troops in Afghanistan, 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.

JUST IN: \"This is as bad as it gets and yet the president will not confront the Russians,\" Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells @GStephanopoulos as White House denies Trump was briefed on intel that Russians offered bounties on U.S. soldiers to Taliban fighters. https://t.co/rq4b7S2nbP pic.twitter.com/9aWy11dlKZ

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 28, 2020

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.

As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to increase across the country, Pelosi told Stephanopoulos she would support a federal mask mandate.

JUST IN: @GStephanopoulos: \"Is it time to mandate the wearing of masks across the country?\"

\"Definitely long overdue for that,\" Speaker Nancy Pelosi says, adding that the CDC recommended use of masks but did not mandate it as to \"not offend\" Pres. Trump. https://t.co/y2qk2iXUsd pic.twitter.com/GTJ8UUieKm

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 28, 2020

\"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.\"

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