Jim Baker on Andrea Mitchell Reports

From MSNBC:

The sweeping authority the president just gave his attorney general to declassify secret sources of the Russia probe could set up a conflict with top intelligence officials, who have been stripped of their control over these secrets. James Baker, former FBI General Counsel, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss.

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