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Trump’s ‘unseemly’ settlement stunt rips the ‘aura’ out of his own agency: expert

President Donald Trump's latest bid to stamp his name on government work is drawing a sharp rebuke from the agency's own veterans. Millions of Americans receiving settlement checks from Amazon are finding the payments credited to "President Trump's Federal Trade Commission ," a move two former FTC officials told Politico on Wednesday is without…

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