Although Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has said the release of audio of a private meeting in his office is reminiscent of Nixon-era dirty tricks, Mother Jones, which first published the recording, says “there’s no evidence that the audio was the result, as the McConnell campaign has insisted, of a Watergate-style bugging operation.”
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