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Don't Expect 'Smoking Gun' in Investigation of Russia Role in 2016 Election

| Mar. 03, 2017

There is no political pivot away from the Russia story.

Indeed, even as the suddenly "presidential" Donald Trump was basking in acclaim Wednesday for his uncharacteristically measured speech Tuesday night before the joint session of Congress, "Russiagate" was gearing up again.

And by Thursday, under intense political pressure over his meeting with Russia's ambassador, Attorney General Jeff Sessions agreed to recuse himself from any investigation related to the Trump campaign's relationship with Russia in the 2016 election.

The Trump administration has for too long believed that by not talking about the Russia issue, by ducking and pivoting, they could make it go away....

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For Academic Citation: Kayyem, Juliette.“Don't Expect 'Smoking Gun' in Investigation of Russia Role in 2016 Election.” CNN, March 3, 2017.

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Juliette Kayyem

  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Faculty Director, Homeland Security Project
  • Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
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