In the past two weeks, for example, as questions about the administration's handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein have dominated headlines, Trump has been talking often about 'the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, and many other hoaxes too,' as he put it in an interview with Newsmax on Friday. Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, also released documents last week that her office said shed new light on this 'Russia hoax.' Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly ordered a grand-jury investigation into claims that Obama-administration officials broke laws while investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The DNI's office doesn't explain exactly what the 'Russia hoax' is, and for good reason. First, although the phrase has achieved talismanic status in Trump world, it has no set definition, because Trump keeps changing the meaning. Second, and more important, it's not a hoax. Here's what is not in dispute: The United States intelligence...
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