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What’s the Best Way to Investigate Trump and Russia?

The art of the congressional investigation is a fine one, and the GOP is blowing it.
President Donald Trump arrives to tour the Boeing South Carolina facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, February 17. Trump has made positive overtures towards the EU, in contrast with his previous comments on the bloc.
Donald Trump touring Boeing

One big question looming over Washington is how best to investigate Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 election.

While some Republicans are open to a limited investigation by various of Congress’s committees, none of them has endorsed the kind of full-fledged inquiry favored by Democrats, who are backing the creation of a special panel called a “select committee” that would study Moscow’s alleged efforts to elect Donald Trump. Some also have called for Congress to create an independent panel like the 9/11 Commission, which was

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