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American Journalists Beware: A Second Trump Term Could Pose Very Real Risks

Vanity Fair · Joel Simon · last updated
In February 2017, just a month into his presidency, Donald Trump asked to meet alone with FBI director James Comey in the Oval Office. The president urged Comey to abandon the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s unauthorized contact with Russia.

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