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Senate Candidate ‘Patriot Whistleblower’ Admits to Fabricating Sex Trafficking Story

HOAX

Ryan Dark White, who ran for Congress as “Jon McGreevey,” took pictures of a child he said was being trafficked. It was a campaign stunt, he now admits.

Kelly Weill
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Kelly Weill

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