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MAGA Rep. Asked Trump Team to Intervene in Criminal Investigation

Representative Andy Ogles’s legal team pleaded with the Trump administration to drop a probe into his campaign finances. Months later, the Justice Department complied. Emails obtained by the nonprofit organization American Oversight and published Monday by RawStory revealed that Ogles’s attorneys reached out to the then-director of the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group, Edward Martin, to end the investigation in November 2025. “Please see the attached letter on behalf of our client, Rep.

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