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How D.C. Lobbyists Helped Paul Manafort Prop Up a Putin Puppet

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For years, the influence-peddlers’ work for a pro-Kremlin party flew under the radar. Then Bob Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe got rolling.

Betsy Swan
Betsy Swan 

Former Political Reporter

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Betsy Swan

Betsy Swan

Former Political Reporter

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