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Did Trump’s Kennedy Center Boss Rip Off Alina Habba’s Husband?

And the scandals keep coming: President Donald Trump’s close ally Ric Grenell, who has recently served as both special envoy to Venezuela and acting director of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, came under fire Monday for new evidence that he offered in a pay-to-play scheme with wealthy Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon. Mildon recently married…

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Trump invokes executive privilege in Kennedy Center court fightThe White House is asserting executive privilege to block some records of President Trump’s communications from being shared in an ongoing lawsuit over the future of the Kennedy Center. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio board member who is challenging plans to close the performing arts center for renovations and add Trump’s name to...

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Trump deploys 'nuclear option' to shield himself amid 'missing' Kennedy Center fundsPresident Donald Trump invoked executive privilege to shield his Kennedy Center records as the White House examines claims that a multimillion-dollar donation went missing. White House deputy counsel Joshua Hoyt formally asserted the privilege in a declaration filed Wednesday in a federal lawsuit brought by Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) over the crusade to…

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