Trump weaponizing intel for politics borrows from Nixon playbook
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Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, discusses Richard Nixon's efforts to use his access to secret intelligence as a political weapon and notes the extremity of Donald Trump's use of William Barr for the same purpose.May 25, 2019
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