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Jul 2023
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Sources: special counsel reviewing 2020 ...

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New exclusive reporting of an Oval Office meeting in which then President Trump highly praised 2020 election security months before he falsely claimed the November presidential vote was rigged. It’s now a focus of the special counsel as the January 6th grand jury is set to reconvene tomorrow amid growing anticipation that Trump will be indicted. Plus, mass p ... Show More
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