Bannon feud / Russia probe update

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Guests: Will Sommer, Mark Mazzetti, Betsy Woodruff

A recent New York Times report revealed that the FBI Russia investigation may have all started when a drunken George Papadopoulos, former Trump foreign policy advisor, bragged to an Australian diplomat that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton. With new pieces of information on the Russia probe coming out daily, this hour we thought we’d get caught up on special counsel Mueller’s inquiry and Republican efforts to derail it with The New York Times MARK MAZZETTI and The Daily Beast’s BETSY WOODRUFF. But first, we’ll talk about the new feud between President Trump and his former advisor Steve Bannon, sparked by a story in New York Magazine Wednesday. WILL SOMMER, who follows conservative media for The Hill, fills us in on how the Breitbart publisher’s remarks are being received by the right and the White House.

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