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Learn More About The Trump-Russia Imbroglio

Russia interfered in the 2016 election to hurt Hillary Clinton, the U.S. intelligence community says. The story has raised many big questions — here, we try to make it all a little clearer.
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Russia's intelligence services interfered in the 2016 presidential election to hurt Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win, the U.S. intelligence community says.During this time, American spy agencies say, they also found that people connected to Trump's campaign were communicating with Russians in ways that caused "concern."The story has raised many big questions. So NPR News has created this resource of background information to try to help make it all a little clearer.

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