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He is an avowed friend of the fossil fuel industry, from whom he reportedly demanded $1 billion in campaign funds at a fundraising dinner last spring, promising in exchange to gut environmental regulations.

The fact that negotiations on Trump Tower in Moscow were going on well into the 2016 campaign was never avowed.

Though he’s an avowed New Yorker, Esposito sees something special about the L.A.-ness of the event.

The former president, who has dined with avowed neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes, said on Thursday that it didn’t make sense for Jewish voters to back Democrats.

Of all the mysteries surrounding a sophisticated and startling attack against an avowed adversary of Israel, one question stands out: Why?