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Trump’s DOJ Threatened MIT Researchers over Report on 2019 Bolivian Election

HeadlineMay 05, 2021

The Intercept is reporting the Trump Justice Department repeatedly contacted and eventually threatened to subpoena two researchers at MIT over their analysis of the 2019 Bolivian presidential election. The MIT study debunked claims of electoral fraud in Bolivia, which were used to help justify a coup against President Evo Morales.

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