How the counterintelligence investigation of Trump's ties to Russia disappeared
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Rachel Maddow shares reporting in Michael Schmidt's new book, "Donald Trump v. The United States" in which he explains how Rod Rosenstein narrowed the scope of Mueller's investigation to exclude the counterintelligence angle and no one else picked up that thread.Sept. 1, 2020
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