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Trump threatens to ‘terminate’ top campaign advisers after revelation of work for pro-Russia Bosnia party

Trump threatened Wednesday to “terminate” two key advisers after they were revealed to have raked in “hundreds of thousands of dollars each” advising a pro-Russian political party in Bosnia as Republicans brace for a potential bloodbath in the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

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