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Aug 2020
54m 31s

The Sunday Read: 'Unwanted Truths'

The New York Times
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What is the extent of Russia’s interest in the 2020 U.S. election? Last year, a classified report written by intelligence officials tried to answer this question. In this episode, Robert Draper, a writer-at-large at The New York Times Magazine, explores what happened after the report — which stated that President Trump was Russia’s favored candidate in the ... Show More
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