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Washington Bureau
Joined April 2008
The National Security Agency is moving forward with hiring a Trump administration loyalist, the agency said on Sunday, after the acting defense secretary ordered he be made the spy agency’s top lawyer. nyti.ms/39DnpBj
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Who is Mike Lindell, one of President Trump’s last remaining supporters from corporate America? nyti.ms/38S2Kdz
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Loyalists to President Trump are spreading misinformation about the Capitol riot, drawing false equivalence with last summer’s racial protests and accusing Black Lives Matter and Antifa of infiltrating the protest. nyti.ms/38RuDm3
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In the final days before President Trump leaves office, some of his allies are collecting fees from wealthy felons to push the White House for pardons, according to documents and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and lawyers. nyti.ms/2KlOvUM
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The Presidential Inaugural Committee is urging people to stay home to keep large crowds from potentially spreading the coronavirus, and there’s heightened security after a violent attack on the Capitol. But there are still ways to participate. nyti.ms/3qrRxGn
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Loews Hotels said on Saturday that it would not host a fund-raiser with Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, the latest indication that many companies are distancing themselves from Republicans who voted to overturn the election results. nyti.ms/3sAvsrk
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