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4audits citing this outlet
0carried a hard contradiction
1carried a framing split
5spans quoted

Quoted from this masthead

“The two experienced agents on the case were swept up in the purge”
October 20, 2026 · see it in context →
“The FBI took the formal step of naming two former Navatek executives who had worked with Kao as subjects of a bribery investigation.”
October 20, 2026 · see it in context →
“The agency did not designate Graham, Clyburn and Wilson that way, but the agents were actively investigating their interactions with Kao.”
October 20, 2026 · see it in context →
“The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into Donald Trump Jr.'s relationship with a Russian oligarch who paid for much of Trump Jr.'s wedding earlier this year.”
September 16, 2026 · see it in context →

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