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The Sprawling Government Effort to Prosecute Barack Obama

The Sprawling Government Effort to Prosecute Barack Obama

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Over the past few weeks, the most senior intelligence officials
in the federal government have released a series of new documents
which they claim shows that, starting in 2016, President Barack
Obama and his deputies carried out a criminal conspiracy against
President Trump.

Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The Times,
explains what’s behind the sudden re-emergence on the
Trump-Russia saga, and what happens when heads of the C.I.A.,
F.B.I. and Justice Department all turn their attention to the
president’s domestic enemies.

Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative
reporter for The New York Times, covering Washington.

Background reading:

In targeting Mr. Obama, Mr. Trump’s retribution campaign has
taken another turn.

A spokesman for Mr. Obama said that Mr. Trump’s accusations
were ”ridiculous” and “weak.”

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Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York Times

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