On Tuesday, President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News's George Stephanopoulos for an interview. During the interview, Biden called Russia's President Vladimir Putin a killer, ABC News reports.
Biden told Stephanopoulos that he agreed Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "killer" and would "pay a price" for interfering in U.S. elections.
It's worth noting that on Tuesday, March 16, U.S. National Intelligence Council published the report on Foreign threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections. According to the report, “Russian President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the US”.
According to Biden, the U.S. President warned Putin about a potential response during a call in late January.
"He will pay a price," Biden said. "We had a long talk, he and I, when we -- I know him relatively well. And the conversation started off, I said, 'I know you and you know me. If I establish this occurred, then be prepared."
When asked if President Biden considers Putin a killer, Biden replied, "Mmm hmm, I do."
While the president said "you'll see" that Putin is "going to pay," he did not elaborate.
He did say, though, that it was possible to "walk and chew gum at the same time for places where it's in our mutual interest to work together," pointing to his decision to extend an arms agreement with Russia in January.