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Fresh reporting on the Trump transition showed aides trying to corral an adviser accused of using access to the president-elect to extract payments from people seeking influence. That is not a cleanup; it is a flashing warning that the next administration is starting with the same old grift-adjacent sludge.
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Fresh reporting on the Trump transition showed aides trying to corral an adviser accused of using access to the president-elect to extract payments from people seeking influence. That is not a cleanup; it is a flashing warning that the next administration is starting with the same old grift-adjacent sludge.
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