President Biden said in an interview that aired Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will “pay a price” for directing an influence operation targeting the 2020 election with the aim of undermining Biden’s candidacy.
“He will pay a price,” Biden told ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos. “We had a long talk, he and I. I know him relatively well. And the conversation started off and I said, ‘I know you and you know me. If I establish this occurred, then be prepared.’”
Biden appeared to reference a phone call he had with Putin in January during which he pressed the Russian leader on 2020 election interference, the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and other matters about which the Biden administration has raised concerns.
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