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The Sprawling Government Effort to Prosecute Barack Obama
Hosted by Michael Barbaro
Featuring Michael S. Schmidt
Produced by Anna Foley and Nina Feldman
Edited by Rachel Quester
Original music by Diane WongMarion Lozano and Dan Powell
Engineered by Alyssa Moxley
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.
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Michael S. Schmidt, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, covering Washington.
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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