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On the recordJuly 7, 2025
the settlement sets an “extremely dangerous precedent in terms of both the First Amendment and government extortion,”
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sen. Sanders criticized the settlement's implications for press freedom and government influence.

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