As I wrote at the time, the story always smelled wrong. The timing was too perfect and there was nothing in the way of actual evidence (see New Report: The Intel Assessment Behind the Russian Bounty Story Doesn’t Appear to Exist). Seeing Republicans like Rep. Liz Cheney jump to the tune of the mainstream media was also disappointing (see Opinion: It’s Time to Stop Virtue Signaling About Russia and Face Reality)

But if you needed more proof the story was nonsense, we’ve got an update from the Pentagon, and it’s not going to be well received by the left.

WASHINGTON — Two months after top Pentagon officials vowed to get to the bottom of whether the Russian government bribed the Taliban to kill American service members, the commander of troops in the region says a detailed review of all available intelligence has not been able to corroborate the existence of such a program.