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Trump may absolve America's biggest crook — as a favor to his convicted friend
What happened
RawStory reports that Donald Trump’s Justice Department is reviewing claims that Watergate prosecutors committed misconduct, though the department told The Wall Street Journal that no formal investigation is underway. The review followed a two-hour Justice Department presentation by former Nixon aide Geoff Shepard, who alleged that special prosecutors secretly met with judges and withheld evidence.
The headline’s suggested favor involves Roger Stone, who worked on Richard Nixon’s campaign and later became a Trump ally. But the article supplies no evidence that Stone requested…
The skinny
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