Monday Open Thread | Sean Hannity Appears To Be In Legal Trouble As He Gets Caught In Russia Investigation

Posted on April 8, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

As it turns out, the indictment and impending prosecution of Roger Stone doesn’t just mean trouble for Stone himself, or even just for Donald Trump, who it has been said is likely to be the “senior Trump campaign official” named in the charging documents.

Inside the indictment, one passage spells out that Stone’s contact inside WikiLeaks, the primary conduit for releasing the illegally-hacked DNC emails, told him via email on August 2, 2016 to publicly begin focusing on the health of Hillary Clinton as a method of harming her competing campaign for the presidency.

“Would not hurt to start suggesting HRC old, memory bad, has stroke, neither he nor she well. I expect that much of next dump focus.”

Stone, however, had no major outlet through which to release information, and aside from that, could not appear to be getting information from outside sources.

At the time of that instruction, not even the Trump campaign had begun talking about Clinton’s health. Not even WikiLeaks had publicly begun their trickle of information about Hillary’s health yet. But somehow it shortly became a major talking point.

So how did that message start making the rounds? Fox News’ number one anchor, Sean Hannity, started talking about it just days later. And unless you believe that Hannity randomly guessed that her health would become a talking point — and we just don’t give Sean that much credit, honestly — it means that he got the information from somewhere. He certainly didn’t have anyone “inside” the Clinton campaign, or we’d have known it by now. Hell, we’d have known it by the day after the election, because he would have bragged about it.

So it’s likelier than not that WikiLeaks — who started the talk about it to begin with — gave information to Stone, who then passed it on to Sean Hannity, a man who has not just proven to be a mouthpiece for Donald Trump, but who Trump regularly consults with via telephone.

And although it’s a big “if,” the fact remains that this would make Sean Hannity a conspirator with Roger Stone to publish and disseminate illegally harvested private information from WikiLeaks, a group that was designated as a hostile foreign entity by our intelligence agencies before any of this ever happened.

And now that we’re at the end of the article, it’s time to remind you who Michael Cohen’s third client was at his legal practice, and how hard that client — Sean Hannity — worked to keep his name off the record in court.

If Hannity got word from Stone and knew it was from WikiLeaks, two things are true: It’s in the Mueller report, and Hannity is going to prison.

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85 Responses to Monday Open Thread | Sean Hannity Appears To Be In Legal Trouble As He Gets Caught In Russia Investigation

  13. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:43 pm

    Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) Tweeted:
    Abrams is one of the most effective communicators in politics today because she has complete command of the facts. She is emphatic, often witty https://t.co/eSxbdImGMx https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1115343134656028672?s=17

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  14. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:26 pm

    M. Mendoza Ferrer (@mgranville1) Tweeted:
    @SenSanders basically blaming THE WOMEN’S REVOLUTION for the economic reality that it now takes two people working incredibly long hours to earn enough income to support a family. He argues this raises other issues around childcare & kids not getting the attention they need. https://t.co/NlU2j5LdlW https://twitter.com/mgranville1/status/1095158411224907776?s=17

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  15. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 5:56 pm

    Thread

    Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) Tweeted:
    In Fall 2016 the people who told you exactly who Trump was were ignored, belittled, and called hysterical. This was brand management, but it was also a twisted form of ethnic and class solidarity. I hope history remembers those who saw the truth, and those who plugged their ears. https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1115360900314222592?s=17

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  16. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 5:50 pm

    John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) Tweeted:
    President Trump tells federal border agents to ignore judicial orders

    WH chief of staff Mulvaney says request from Congress for Trump tax returns pursuant to existing statute will “never” be met

    GOP Sens like Romney and Grassley side w/Mulvaney

    the rule of law is being tested https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1115370983949385728?s=17

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  17. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 5:23 pm

    Amene (@Ange_Amene) Tweeted:
    They are betting that Black voters dont see them on Fox News…dont see those articles of you saying Trump voters arent necessarily racist.

    This is Vegas folks.

    And Black voters are security cameras.

    WE SEE EVERYTHING. https://twitter.com/Ange_Amene/status/1115366647009660928?s=17

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  21. SouthernGirl2 says:
    April 8, 2019 at 4:56 pm

    Look at this mofo, y’all. Michael Cohen warned there will not be a peaceful transition of power when Trump leaves the White House. We’re gonna have pure hell.

    https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1115371268864450562

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    • eliihass says:
      April 8, 2019 at 9:13 pm

      The very complicit, white-supremacist protector/apologist media …the advancers of all things right-wing… that’ve spent almost 2 weeks now dissecting Biden’s ‘touchy-feeliness’ …of course with the disclaimer that there was nothing actually sexual …and all complaints were strictly about ‘invading personal space’… but still prioritizing it anyway as top hot topic du jour for 10 straight days and counting … all while the criminal buffoon is testing just how far he can go with his plundering, grifting and dismantling of our democracy …and setting fires everywhere and every day, to distract and deflect as much as possible, to save his corrupt, traitorous b*tt..

      The very same media who scolded, finger-wagged, called foul and convened literal firing squads for 8+ years, every single time the historic black family sneezed …are now all acting like impotent, castrated dogs on a steady supply of laughing gas..

      The media has pretty much helped deflect attention from, trivializing and pooh-pooh-ing every credible charge …insisting there’s nothing that can be done about any of it, anyway …made light of and dismissed the serious criminality of a credibly accused multiple sexual assualter and corrupt treasonous buffoon.. And instead focused on legitimizing, protecting and advancing him and his interests …helping him shape the harebrained schemes and narratives he pulls out of his you know what after watching hours of television, erasing and laughing off his criminality and providing him with as many do-overs on the hour, every hour …as they profusely and reverently address him with the undeserved p honorific…

      They’ve all mostly moved on now to not only helping him plot and map out his 2020 campaign and winning strategy – complete with how he already can’t be beaten and has this in the bag with his whopping 35% of the electorate …and with straight faces, even putting forth the agenda for his 2nd term and talking up his ‘genius’ and potential legacy with all the ‘greats’ …if he can just be a tad more disciplined …But even if he doesn’t they add..

      The complicit media has already moved on ..And is focused on electing a criminal treasonous buffoon to yet another unearned term..

      They might throw concerned patriotic Americans a stale bone every now and then, with some ‘breaking news’ ..And then quickly cut away right back to him on another one of his shenanigan sprees.. and then reel folks right back onto the ‘he’s winning and his base is still with him’ crap train..

      The good news is that they’ll all write and release books come January 2021 …with all the ‘news’ and corroborating details that should have been shared with Americans… they’ll sell it to suckers instead in their books … And they’ll just go right on aiding and abetting … and ki-ki-ing as they all join in to actively help rehabilitate and mainstream the likes of Ms. Nelson, Nimrata Haley etc. with punditry gigs awaiting all the rest like Sara Huckabee, Stephen Miller etc…- even propelling John Kelly, John Bolton et al, to statesmen..and they’ll all sit and yuck it up together, playing pundit at roundtables with Scarborough, Jake Tapper, Chuck Todd etc. presiding..

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  24. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 2:55 pm

    BREAKING: We and partners have issued a travel advisory urging immigrants and people of color to use extreme caution when traveling in Florida.

    The state is on the verge of passing a draconian anti-immigrant bill which will endanger our communities.

    — ACLU (@ACLU) April 8, 2019

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  25. Ametia says:
    April 8, 2019 at 2:46 pm

    That Mueller report must be a doozie!

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  28. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 2:09 pm

    Tell it 👏 👏

    Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) Tweeted:
    WARNING: Trump is now removing anyone loyal to this nation’s laws. We are officially in a Dictatorship. @SpeakerPelosi & Democrats need to start attacking this admin loudly, publicly or we will lose this republic. STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION! DO YOUR DUTY! #NoKings https://t.co/h2jXS0E3Mx https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1115322469492109315?s=17

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  29. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 2:04 pm

    Tiffany Cross (@TiffanyDCross) Tweeted:
    If privilege were a commentator… Imagine if I behaved this way? You’d never see me on TV again. https://t.co/y0aQJ6JDhF https://twitter.com/TiffanyDCross/status/1115323971644416000?s=17

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  32. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 1:41 pm

    Justin Sink (@justinsink) Tweeted:
    CNN reporting a full purge may be coming at DHS: “United States Citizenship and Immigration Services director Francis Cissna and Office of the General Counsel’s John Mitnick are expected to be gone soon, and the White House is eyeing others to be removed.” https://t.co/nzJ0alAk5k https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/1115306386756337664?s=17

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  35. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 1:21 pm

    Meagan Hatcher-Mays (@importantmeagan) Tweeted:
    this is so gross. kirstjen nielsen was not forced to serve as DHS secretary under Trump against her will. she is not secretly a good person. good people don’t work for Trump. don’t whitewash who she is and what she did: she willingly and happily carried Trump’s trash for years https://t.co/6lXJHEHFlb https://twitter.com/importantmeagan/status/1115219403409428482?s=17

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  36. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    Denise Kersten Wills (@denisewills) Tweeted:
    “She’s a black female prosecutor; we have a racist, misogynist, possibly criminal president. All of that caretaking of her political future—what was it for if not this?” Super smart (and fun to read) profile of Kamala Harris by @lizweil https://t.co/ezWFeyAUZT https://twitter.com/denisewills/status/1115059743251472387?s=17

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  40. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 12:02 pm

    👏👏👏👏

    Comey Is The Reason Trump Is President (@Bravewriting) Tweeted:
    Remember my pregnant antivaxx friend who refused to vaccinate the baby?

    So, she had the baby yesterday like I told her she would.

    Vaccinated the baby.
    Will stick to the vaccination schedule.

    She read our conversation.

    Says you guys are mean.
    I say y’all did what needed done. https://twitter.com/Bravewriting/status/1115161845067800576?s=17

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  41. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    This is a good idea
    Mr. Weeks 🤴🏾 (@MrDane1982) Tweeted:
    Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, get yourself a small production team, create a YouTube station. Every Sunday do your own interview. Pick the journalist of your choice who you want to interview you on your own platform. https://twitter.com/MrDane1982/status/1115118940328550400?s=17

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  42. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 11:49 am

    ReclaimingMyTime (@MonieTalks_1) Tweeted:
    Actually Castro has visited as many places at Buttigieg has. IA, HH, NV, SC to name a few.

    He pledged to visit all 50 states while announcing his candidacy. He visited 40 states while HUD Secretary.

    Your sentiment about him not criss crossing proves my point about erasure. https://t.co/P7MLsB33p6 https://twitter.com/MonieTalks_1/status/1115281287105994752?s=17

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  43. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 11:22 am

    Lips pursed.

    Barack Obama is stuck in the past. He represents the old Democratic party
    Bhaskar Sunkara
    The former president says he’s worried about ‘purity’ tests in the Democratic party. What he’s really worried about is his surrogates losing control of the party

    Barack Obama is worried about the Democratic party. This weekend, he told a crowd at an Obama Foundation event in Berlin that the party is becoming a “circular firing squad” targeting those “straying from purity” on certain issues.

    Leading figures around the party have indeed moved to the left since he left office two years ago. Thanks in no small part to the Bernie Sanders campaign and the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Medicare for All, free public higher education, a $15 minimum wage, and action on climate change have become mainstream positions.

    The self-described “political mainstream” hasn’t caught up to this new reality, however. Obama’s former vice-president, Joe Biden, hasn’t announced his presidential candidacy yet, and is getting attacked not just for his behavior toward women but for a decades-long record that includes support for military interventions, mass incarceration, immigrant deportations, and more. The subtext of Obama’s remarks is this undermining of Biden.

    Are things getting meaner? Maybe, the internet is a pretty terrible place. But few campaign seasons were more vitriolic than the 2008 Democratic primaries. Hillary Clinton called Obama “elitist and out of touch”, who couldn’t reach “hard-working Americans, white Americans”. For his part, Obama campaign’s negative ads about Clinton were recirculated by Trump in 2016.

    By comparison, Bernie played softball in 2016. But he certainly gave voice to grassroots anger. People are fed up with the status quo, and they’re starting to demand more of their politicians. Incumbents used to moving to an imaginary center are running up against the fact that their “center” is an illusion. When most Americans support Medicare for All and a jobs guarantee, when they want an end to overseas wars, welcome unions, and even are starting to get comfortable with the idea of socialism, is it really “centrist” to stubbornly oppose all these things?

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  48. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 9:58 am

    Barely three months into her second turn in charge, Nancy Pelosi has already mapped out a plan to overwhelm Republicans in the 2020 elections.

    “I’m going to have our races won by this November,” Pelosi said. https://t.co/2PqfiuwlhS

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 6, 2019

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  49. Ametia says:
    April 8, 2019 at 9:32 am

    Word of the Day : April 8, 2019

    Cerebral: adjective suh-REE-brul

    Definition
    1 a : of or relating to the brain or the intellect

    b : of, relating to, affecting, or being the cerebrum

    2 a : appealing to intellectual appreciation

    b : primarily intellectual in nature

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  50. Ametia says:
    April 8, 2019 at 9:31 am

    Good Morning, Rikyrah & Everyone..

    Reply
  51. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 9:13 am

    Uh huh
    Uh huh

    According to data from the TV News Archive[…] in the past week, Beto O’Rourke got the most coverage of any candidate on cable news, with Kamala Harris, Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker all at least 95 mentions behind. Jay Inslee, Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard got next to no coverage.

    Pete Buttigieg, who saw some favorable polling in Iowa and nationally this past week, was the only candidate who didn’t have a large reduction in media coverage from the previous week, but the overall amount of coverage he received was still modest compared with other major candidates.

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-2020-democrat-got-the-most-cable-news-attention-last-week/

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  57. SouthernGirl2 says:
    April 8, 2019 at 8:03 am

    I don’t want to hear this bullshyt. Repulsed my ass!

    https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/1114904402660339714

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  58. SouthernGirl2 says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:56 am

    @FranTownsend says @SecNielsen served her job well. Can you believe this asinine bullshyt from Fran Townsend? This woman took children from their parents, some died, some were molested, some will never be reunited with their parents. Kirstjen Nielsen need to serve time in jail!

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  59. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:34 am

    Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) Tweeted:
    If this were a TWILIGHT ZONE episode, Kirstjen Nielsen would wake up in a small cage with Latin American children on the outside watching her. https://twitter.com/HaroldItz/status/1115019346298982401?s=17

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  60. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:32 am

    Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) Tweeted:
    I’m supposed to cheer for candidates who prop up Trump voters and the economic anxiety narrative at the expense of people who look like me? No thanks. I’m a no on Buttigieg and Bernie for their white working class first focus https://t.co/WYxHmwWPfH https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1115034442408525824?s=17

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  61. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:31 am

    Comey Is The Reason Trump Is President (@Bravewriting) Tweeted:
    Why do Trump voters deserve more empathy than Hillary voters?

    They got what they asked for.

    We’re resisting and opposing the world that they created.

    Have some empathy for us Red State Hillary voters who were trying to save you from the fresh hell we’ve lived in for years. https://twitter.com/Bravewriting/status/1115079330118242304?s=17

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  64. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:05 am

    Tom Watson (@tomwatson) Tweeted:
    The political media reflects our misogynist culture, folks. It’s why a less accomplished Sanders is promoted over Warren. It’s why a 37-year-old mayor gets more attention than four strong female Senators running. It’s why the white dude field keeps growing. Everyone knows it. https://twitter.com/tomwatson/status/1114872494165565440?s=17

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  65. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:03 am

    What lie told?

    Mr. Weeks 🤴🏾 (@MrDane1982) Tweeted:
    When Hillary Clinton was going undercover in Mississippi & Alabama to investigate educational segregation in the 1970s, risking her life bringing better education to Black people, Bernie Sanders a white man with a degree was unemployed, on welfare, happily being a dead beat dad. https://twitter.com/MrDane1982/status/1114677129633988616?s=17

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  66. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:02 am

    Nope
    Uh uh😒🙄

    That is NOT the Democratic party lesson from 2016

    https://twitter.com/SocialPowerOne1/status/1114878539139100672

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  67. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:01 am

    Will Saletan (@saletan) Tweeted:
    Adam Schiff on CNN, on Trump’s allegations of Democratic antisemitism: “It’s not the Democratic Party that believes that there are good people on both sides of a Nazi rally.” https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1114880083477630976?s=17

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  68. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:01 am

    PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) Tweeted:
    POWERFUL VIDEO:

    Obama: “When we hear that young people aren’t voting or participating, we say to them, ‘You would not let your grandfather or grandmother decide what clothes you wear or what music you listen to, so why would you let them decide the world you’re going to live in? https://t.co/izAvYwiNiX https://twitter.com/politvidchannel/status/1114598117016358912?s=17

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  69. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 7:00 am

    Uh huh
    Uh huh 😒

    Kamala Harris For President (Support Group) (@flywithkamala) Tweeted:
    If a gay, married Black woman mayor of a small city shared the same platform/views as Pete Buttigieg, and ran for president, she would not receive the same level support and media favorabllity as him. He, too, reaps the benefits of white privilege. https://twitter.com/flywithkamala/status/1115003915513290753?s=17

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  70. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 6:59 am

    Answer:
    To harm the Democratic Party 😠😠

    Revenge politics is a dish best served cold. (@KAMALAMODE) Tweeted:
    So @BernieSanders outright agrees with Donald Trump on immigration, refuses to release his tax returns, and has a voting record that benefits guns, Russia, and protectionism.

    Why is he running for the Democratic nomination? https://twitter.com/KAMALAMODE/status/1115008105144676352?s=17

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  71. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 6:52 am

    Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) Tweeted:
    Best of luck to Kirstjen Nielsen. I’m not sure where you’ll get hired with a resume that includes “locking kids in cages.” I’m kidding, good luck at Fox News. https://twitter.com/chelseahandler/status/1115044487900741632?s=17

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  72. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 6:51 am

    skeptical brotha 🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) Tweeted:
    Forcing out #KirstjenNielsen is about turning the page and changing the subject from the #MuellerReport debacle engulfing cable news. Remember, chirren, Trump is a creature of the news cycle. https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1115043458941706241?s=17

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  73. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 6:50 am

    Gays For Julián 🏳️‍🌈 (@gays4julian) Tweeted:
    Fun fact: the 2008 Dem primary was super close, and each of the top two candidates had plausible claims for the nomination.

    The 2016 Dem primary was not close by any measure.

    Some people want to believe the opposite is true. Those people are very dumb. https://twitter.com/gays4julian/status/1114983643913441281?s=17

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  74. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 6:48 am

    Lying muthaphucka 😡😠

    Denise Oliver-Velez (@Deoliver47) Tweeted:
    Romney falsely claims ACA “only applies to 25% of the population”; Chuck Todd fails to correct him. https://t.co/3k52rNmc07 https://twitter.com/Deoliver47/status/1114973104865009664?s=17

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  75. rikyrah says:
    April 8, 2019 at 2:19 am

    Good Morning, Everyone 😄😄😄

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