David Laufman is a former Justice Department counterintelligence official who was involved in the early stages of the Russia probe. Laufman tells The World’s host Marco Werman he’s stunned to see Attorney General William Barr traveling internationally as a point person to review US intelligence work on the 2016 vote.
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