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Trump had unusual call with FBI agents after election centre search
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President Donald Trump had addressed agents on speakerphone, asking them questions as well as praising and thanking them for their work on the inquiry.
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William K. Rashbaum, Devlin Barrett and Julian E. Barnes
WASHINGTON - By any measure, the FBI’s search of an election centre
Agents seized truckloads of 2020 ballots, as President Donald Trump harnessed the levers of government to not only buttress his false claims of widespread voter fraud, but also to try to build a criminal case against those he believes wronged him.
