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Disclosure: The Big Lebowski and the Hunt for Presidential Records

What does The Big Lebowski have to do with Trump’s White House Papers? Investigative reporter Jason Leopold and attorney Matt Topic return for Season 2 of Disclosure to reveal how the US National Archives and Records Administration tried to alert the feds to potentially illegal record disposal. (Source: Bloomberg)

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