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The guardrails protecting democracy may have buckled, but they are not broken. Autocratic forces are ascendant in America, but the story isn’t fully written. Truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against Trump’s unrestrained exercise of power. He rails against the press as the “enemy of the people,” because he hates the scrutiny that comes from fearless investigative reporting. Our nonprofit newsroom is built for the chaos ahead. Please stand with us.

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MARK MIDDLETON, a former White House aide, is alleged to have peddled his connections to the Democratic Party and PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON to set up his own foreign investment deals during trips to Asia in 1995. After leaving the White House, he was employed by STEVEN GREEN, who was starting a $240 million overseas investment fund through OPIC. Green, a crucial ally of Clinton’s during his first run for president, has benefited from frequent overseas economic missions with OPIC and the Commerce Department. Did Middleton help Green finesse his OPIC deal? Or was he trying to elbow in on Green’s success?

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