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    "excerpt": "An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina\u2019s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI…",
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    "title": "How Trump\u2019s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery Investigation",
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