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Alec MacGillis, ProPublica

articles/2016/09/07/mitt-romney-s-rich-backers-turn-to-hillary-clinton/160906-propublica-clinton-romney-backers-tease_gc9ikl
Surreal Shift

Romney’s Rich Backers Turn to Clinton

Clinton has gone even further than Trump in promising to kill a tax break that benefits wealthy financiers. So why are private equity titans giving all their campaign money to her?

Alec MacGillis, ProPublica

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