TRussia Daily: Previewing the AG's Testimony and New Emoluments Suit

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 13, 2017

Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the author of The Fight to Vote  (Simon & Schuster, 2016), previews Attorney General Jeff Sessions's public testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian meddling, and talks about a new lawsuit filed by the state of Maryland and Washington, D.C., that alleges President Trump has "flagrantly" violated the emoluments clause.

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