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In case you haven’t been keeping up with the news — and judging from the state of the people I keep running into, a lot of you don’t — today’s a day of high tensions in Washington.
That’s because the guy below, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign manager during the summer of 2016…
…and this guy, Rick Gates, a political consultant also on the Trump campaign…
…have been indicted by a federal grand jury for “conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA [Foreign Agents Registration Act] statements, false statements, and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.”
This indictment is part of the U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and alleged collusion by Trump’s associates.
The better news organizations have been covering this story, but FOX News, the Republican Party’s Pravda, is running stories like this…
…and this…
…and more tellingly, this:
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I’m expecting more red herrings from FOX as the day goes on. Happy “Trying to distract you from the President’s skeezy friends’ shady activities” day, everybody!
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