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'The Grifters' Club'
Book by Herald journalists examines Mar-a-Lago ‘shadow government’
It’s the place where President Donald Trump comes to unwind with friends and supporters, where issues of national security have been hashed out at candle-lit tables in front of wealthy socialites, where an overeager retiree once posted a selfie on Facebook with a presidential aide-de-camp holding what looked very much like the “nuclear football.”
...And it is the subject of a soon-to-be released book by four journalists who have covered Mar-a-Lago for the Miami Herald, the book publisher announced Wednesday....
It is a place where business and government overlap — where, according to the book, club members have exerted influence over government operations in what is effectively a “shadow administration.”
...The book expands on the journalists’ reporting for the Herald, offering fresh revelations about the federal investigation of suspected malware being brought into Mar-a-Lago; the apparent misuse of taxpayer dollars there; the government work being conducted in unsecured locations, often with foreign dignitaries present; and how Mar-a-Lago’s security rules undermine the Secret Service, and thus national security....
It’s the place where President Donald Trump comes to unwind with friends and supporters, where issues of national security have been hashed out at candle-lit tables in front of wealthy socialites, where an overeager retiree once posted a selfie on Facebook with a presidential aide-de-camp holding what looked very much like the “nuclear football.”
...And it is the subject of a soon-to-be released book by four journalists who have covered Mar-a-Lago for the Miami Herald, the book publisher announced Wednesday....
It is a place where business and government overlap — where, according to the book, club members have exerted influence over government operations in what is effectively a “shadow administration.”
...The book expands on the journalists’ reporting for the Herald, offering fresh revelations about the federal investigation of suspected malware being brought into Mar-a-Lago; the apparent misuse of taxpayer dollars there; the government work being conducted in unsecured locations, often with foreign dignitaries present; and how Mar-a-Lago’s security rules undermine the Secret Service, and thus national security....
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article228604854.html
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