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From Pushkin Industries, this is deep background,

the show where we explore the stories behind the stories in the news.

I'm Noah Feldman.

Recently, we got some big news. Robert Mueller, despite saying he did not want to, is going to testify

in front of Congress about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election

and into possible obstruction by President Donald Trump.

When that happens, it's going to be a media circus, which made me think, what's it like to cover a story like that?

How does it work?

What is the news behind the news?

To talk about this, we are incredibly fortunate to have with us Laura Jarrett, one of my favorite people of all time.

Laura covers legal affairs for CNN, and she has the dubious distinction of having joined CNN at exactly the moment when the Trump administration exploded into the headlines.

Laura, you're either the smartest person in the world or the unluckiest in terms of when you started your job.

It's not boring.

It's not boring.

Before Laura joined CNN, she was a practicing attorney in Chicago and private practice doing all sorts of high-powered litigation, not the sort of person who usually turns into a journalist.

And before that, she was a law student

at Harvard Law School where I had the great pleasure of meeting her. And she was the standout student

in a course I taught way back when when Barack Obama was just running for president with John

Jackson of the University of Pennsylvania, who's now the dean at the Annenberg School at the

University of Pennsylvania. And I now the dean at the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania,

and I've been following her career with tremendous and totally undeserved pride, and I'm thrilled

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