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The smoke thickens as investigators look for the fire.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point.

Just two months into the Trump administration, investigations are underway by committees of the House and the Senate and by the FBI.

Elements include cyberbots that spread conspiracy theories during the presidential campaign, coordinating with Breitbart and other far-right news sites.

Republican Chairman Devin Nunes may have compromised the integrity of the House

Intelligence Committee. The probe of whether the Trump campaign helped Russia influence

November's outcome stretches all the way from the White House to the Kremlin.

Later on today's talking point, a real-life crime thriller about LIBOR, that's short for

international financial scandal. First,

here's the news.

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Hello again, Hormon. I'll leave back with To The Point. Last week's failure to repeal and replace Obamacare was an early setback for the Trump administration.

There may be longer-term danger of a different kind in multiple investigations into ties with Russia, among campaign workers, the White House staff, and the chief executive himself.

We'll look at some of the threads they're following.

Today's talking point, remember LIBOR, it's the acronym for one of the world's most important financial indexes.

We'll also hear how a mildly, autistic, mid-level math genius

paid the price for some of the real villains

behind that financial crisis.

First, this news update in the aftermath

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