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The scandal was also boomeranging onto Chief of Staff John Kelly, whose handling of the affair became a second-order liability for Trumpworld as questions mounted about the vetting and the cover story.
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The scandal was also boomeranging onto Chief of Staff John Kelly, whose handling of the affair became a second-order liability for Trumpworld as questions mounted about the vetting and the cover story.
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