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A junior scandal

On the main allegations of collusion with Russia, there’s still no smoking gun

15 July 2017

9:00 AM

15 July 2017

9:00 AM

 Washington D.C.

Political scandals sometimes throw up deliciously eccentric minor characters. Trump-Russia — a scandal or merely a crisis, according to taste — now has one: Rob Goldstone. He is described as a British former tabloid journalist, a music promoter, former Miss Universe pageant judge, and friend of the Trumps. Facebook videos reveal a short, tubby man with a northern accent and voice that seems a couple of octaves too high for his bulk.

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