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  "textContent": "Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were \"full steam ahead\" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated.\n\nThe post Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme ‘Locked Up.’ Then the Trump DOJ Stepped In. appeared first on Truthdig.",
  "title": "Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme ‘Locked Up.’ Then the Trump DOJ Stepped In."
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