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Feb 2020
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‘Unshackled and unleashed’: Trump, post-...

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On Friday's "Post Reports," White House bureau chief Phil Rucker speaks with guest host Caroline Kitchener about how Trump's acquittal has emboldened him and what it means for the presidency at large. 
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