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“What they tried to do was nothing short of attempting to overturn the results of a duly conducted election and that is a despicable, shameful set of events,” Mr Clovis told the Telegraph.
“Trump and you are involved in a conspiracy, right? You are helping Trump in a conspiracy, right?
A friend familiar with his involvement who asked not to be named defended his conduct.
The source said Prof Halper was not “penetrating” the campaign but acting like a “loyal American citizen” by helping the FBI with their counterintelligence investigation