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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Trump sides with an adversary of the U.S. over his own intel agencies

President Trump shocks the world by standing with Vladimir Putin over American intelligence agencies. Even his own director of National Intelligence essentially rebukes Trump and reaffirms that Russia was responsible for the 2016 election hacking.

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By Madeleine Brand • Jul 16, 2018 • 1 min read

President Trump shocks the world by standing with Vladimir Putin over American intelligence agencies. Even his own director of National Intelligence essentially rebukes Trump and reaffirms that Russia was responsible for the 2016 election hacking. We talk about what the Republican response on Capitol Hill has been, and what this does for Vladimir Putin.

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    Host, 'Press Play'

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