Interview: The Multi-Country Expulsion of Russian Diplomats

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In this March 18, 2018 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to supporters during a rally near the Kremlin in Moscow. The tempest over President Donald Trump's congratulatory phone call to Russia's Vladimir Putin is quickly evolving into an uproar over a White House leak about the call. The leak has sparked an internal investigation and speculation over who might be the next person forced out of the West Wing. The White House says in a statement it would be a "fireable offense and likely illegal" to leak Trump's briefing papers to the press.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

 

David Andelman, commentator for CNN, former New York Times and CBS News Correspondent, and visiting scholar at the Council on National Security at Fordham Law School, talks about the Russian diplomats that have been expelled by a multi-country coalition, why the President hasn’t made a statement regarding this, and the benefits of all of these Russian expulsions: