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Paul Waldman: Trump extends his corruption into the intelligence agencies

Because this is the Donald Trump era, the news that the president has "repeatedly urged" the Army Corps of Engineers to give a lucrative contract to a GOP donor and frequent Fox News guest is only the second most scandalous story of the day. The most scandalous is this one that The Washington Post reported:

"President Trump has granted Attorney General William P. Barr 'full and complete authority' to declassify government secrets, issuing a memorandum late Thursday that orders U.S. intelligence agencies to cooperate promptly with Barr's audit of the investigation into Russia's election interference in 2016.

"The president's move gives Barr broad powers to unveil carefully guarded intelligence secrets about the Russia investigation, which the attorney general requested to allow him to quickly carry out his review, according to the memo.