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Conflicted president

I have a question for hard-working taxpayers: Do President Donald Trump’s billionaire friends own any interest in private prisons? If so, does this create a conflict of interest?

Bill Manuel

Lexingon

This story was originally published July 5, 2017 at 6:32 PM with the headline "Conflicted president."

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