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Trump watchdog under investigation for corruption after agency praised the president

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel will look into allegations that Anthony D’Esposito , a former Long Island congressman now serving as the Labor Department’s inspector general, has let politics seep into his nonpartisan job, Newsday reported . In a letter Wednesday to the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, OSC said it…

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