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Yates testimony creates a new headache for Trump’s White House

Donald Trump, increasingly scared of the Russia scandal, did his best last night to downplay the significance of Sally Yates' testimony. But the truth matters.

Image: FILE PHOTO: Trump speaking by phone with Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L-R), joined by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, senior advisor Steve Bannon,…Reuters

Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."