Donald Trump and Russia

The NPR Politics Podcast

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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As news surfaces of a reported CIA assessment that Russia acted to help Donald Trump with the Presidency, the President-elect may nominate a Secretary of State with ties to Russia. This episode: host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, editor/correspondent Ron Elving, and NPR national security correspondent Mary Louise Kelly.

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0:00.0	The NPR shop features gift items for the public radio fans on your list.
0:04.3	T-shirts, totes, hats, mugs, and more are available at shop.npr.org.
0:13.6	It's the NPR Politics Podcast here to talk about Donald Trump and Russia.
0:18.4	There were new reports over the weekend, including from NPR's own Mary Louise Kelly,
0:23.0	that the CIA concluded before the election that Russian hacking was intended to help Trump
0:29.3	win the presidency.
0:30.3	I'm Tamara Keith.
0:31.3	I cover the White House.
0:32.3	I'm Susan Davis.
0:33.3	I cover Congress.
0:34.3	I'm Ron Elbing, Editor Correspondent.
0:36.3	And joining us here is NPR National Security Correspondent Mary Louise Kelly.
0:40.3	Thank you.
0:41.3	Welcome.
0:42.3	Thanks for having me.
0:43.3	Welcome.
0:44.3	So you've been busy?
0:45.3	I am having what could officially be termed a crazy day.
0:49.1	Which started on Friday night.
0:51.0	It started Friday night around 11 o'clock when I was sitting at a dinner party.
0:55.1	And I just come from the CIA Christmas party, which no one breathed the word about any of
0:59.4	this.
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