Consider This from NPR Investigating the Russia investigations. What's left to learn?
Aug 8, 2025
09:35
The question of whether Russian interference in the 2016 election was a decisive reason Donald Trump won the presidency is one that has dogged Trump for the better part of a decade.
It's also been the subject of numerous investigations.
But even though that question has been asked and answered, the current Trump administration is launching another investigation in an effort to reach a different conclusion.
Last month, Trump's Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified documents and she leveled an unprecedented accusation: The Obama administration knowingly pushed the idea of Russian interference as false narrative to sabotage Trump's campaign.
And this week, Attorney General Pam Bondi has authorized an investigation into the investigation of his 2016 campaign's relationship Russia.
What is there left to learn?
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It's also been the subject of numerous investigations.
But even though that question has been asked and answered, the current Trump administration is launching another investigation in an effort to reach a different conclusion.
Last month, Trump's Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified documents and she leveled an unprecedented accusation: The Obama administration knowingly pushed the idea of Russian interference as false narrative to sabotage Trump's campaign.
And this week, Attorney General Pam Bondi has authorized an investigation into the investigation of his 2016 campaign's relationship Russia.
What is there left to learn?
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