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FBI Purge Reportedly Ended Bribery Probe of Graham and Clyburn
Original: How Trump’s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery Investigation --- An FBI anti-corruption tea
ProPublica reports that an FBI anti-corruption team opened an investigation into whether South Carolina's most powerful members of Congress, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Congressman James Clyburn, were involved in a bribery scheme. According to the report, the inquiry was dropped after Donald Trump's purge of FBI leadership dismantled the anti-corruption unit handling the case, shielding both politicians from further scrutiny.
Why now: The ProPublica finding that Trump's FBI overhaul ended a bipartisan bribery investigation into senior lawmakers is a fresh and politically explosive revelation.
Donald TrumpLindsey GrahamJames ClyburnFBIProPublica
Evidence
- How Trump’s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery Investigation --- An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump… · ProPublica@newsie.social · 162
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