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Mark Zaid, one of the lawyers representing CIA leaker Eric Ciaramella, previously bragged about getting security clearances for “guys who had child porn issues.”Mr. Zaid in 2018 was responding to a fellow lawyer on Twitter who had claimed they helped people with past domestic abuse issues get security clearances. “I’ve gotten clearances for guys who had child porn issues,” Zaid responded to an attorney who specializes in helping government employees get security clearances.“Why would the whistleblower’s lawyer brag about this?” GOP operative Arthur Schwartz tweeted over Zaid. Why would the whistleblower’s lawyer brag about this? https://t.co/R8Wz9s81FL— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) November...

We have many laws against lying to the public. You can't sell securities in the capital markets by making statements that are either knowingly false or are made with reckless indifference to the truth. You can't sell your house and hide material defects. Same for your car. It's against the law to call a cake a banana cake if contains no banana. Don't even think about selling candy as chocolate bars just because it tastes like chocolate. But believe it or not, there is no law against trying to win the presidency or any other election by fraud. There's no...