Andrew Weissmann: ‘Ground zero of fake news’: Trump campaign's role spreading false stories exposed

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Andrew Weissmann, former top official at the Department of Justice, Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent, and Charles Coleman, MSNBC Legal Analyst join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to breakdown David Pecker’s testimony, and the revelation that the National Enquirer worked hand in hand with the Trump campaign to publish fake news stories about Trump’s political opponents in the lead up to the 2016 election.

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