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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The five-minute corruption game
At a February 2019 oversight hearing, Ocasio-Cortez questions witnesses about campaign-finance and executive ethics rules. CNN’s original published edit is retained; this is a historical discussion of the rules at that time.
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Original source
Published 2019-02-08 by CNN.
Publisher's title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out Trump in five-minute corruption game
Why we selected it
The corruption-game format makes a rules question concrete: what could an officeholder do while remaining inside the rules described at the hearing? Its force comes from separating what sounds unacceptable from what the witnesses say is prohibited.
What to listen for
This is a February 2019 hearing edit. It is not a current legal guide or proof that a named official committed each hypothetical act.
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