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Trump’s Astonishing Confession

The president said he would accept information from foreign countries if it were to help his presidential campaign.
Source: Alex Brandon / AP

“Suppose a president were to announce that he would in no circumstances appoint any Roman Catholic to office and were rigorously to stick to this plan,” Charles L. Black Jr. wondered in his 1974 book . “Suppose a president were to announce and follow a policy of granting full But even Black’s inventive mind did not foresee what we all just saw on : the president confessing in advance that he would accept stolen information from a hostile foreign intelligence agency if it were to help his presidential campaign.

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