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'You May Need The Money More Than I Do': McConnell Once Returned Trump's Donation

By Kelly McEvers,

Tom Dreisbach

Published July 11, 2019 at 10:01 AM CDT

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Kelly McEvers

Kelly McEvers is the host of NPR's Embedded podcast.

See stories by Kelly McEvers

Tom Dreisbach

Tom Dreisbach is a correspondent on NPR's Investigations team focusing on breaking news stories.

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