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The Justice Department's policing of foreign influence is bedeviling Trumpworld figures.
Rudy Giuliani and the Trump ally Tom Barrack caught prosecutors' attention over foreign dealings.
Behind the scenes, a small team is staffing up and pressuring lobbyists for foreign governments.
When Brandon Van Grack left the Justice Department in January, stepping down from a top role policing foreign influence, his government colleagues sent him off with a curious going-away present: a pink cat piñata.