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Clinton Strategist Advising Trump on Impeachment

November 26, 2019 at 2:28 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“As President Trump’s White House battles impeachment, he turned to a familiar face last week: Mark Penn, one of President Bill Clinton’s top strategists,” the Washington Post reports.

“Penn came to the Oval Office for more than an hour last Monday, three people familiar with the meeting said, and brought polling data and impeachment advice for the president. Penn reassured Trump that he wouldn’t be removed from office, and encouraged him to travel the country like Clinton did when he was fighting impeachment over 20 years ago.”

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