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Historians 'Scratching Their Heads For Comparisons' After President's Son's Emails

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Airforce One after the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017.
(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Airforce One after the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump Jr. says it’s perfectly normal for political candidates to look for negative information about their opponents. But how does it change things when that information is coming from a foreign government?

Historian Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School joins us to offer his perspective.

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