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Author Masha Gessen Warns Against Falling Into Russia-Trump 'Conspiracy Trap'

Masha Gessen (left) and other Russian gay rights activists protest outside the lower house of Russia's parliament, the State Duma, in Moscow in 2013. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)
Masha Gessen (left) and other Russian gay rights activists protest outside the lower house of Russia's parliament, the State Duma, in Moscow in 2013. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

President Trump told The New York Times in an interview this week that “The Russia story is a total hoax. There has been absolutely nothing coming out of that.”

There are currently three investigations looking into Russian election interference, and possible Trump campaign ties to it. And so far there’s been lots of smoke, but no fire.

Author and journalist Masha Gessen is a Russian-born New Yorker who’s made a name for herself as a critic of Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Gessen (@mashagessen) joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss the two presidents, and what she thinks of the Russia investigation.

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