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Christopher Steele should print up calling cards embossed with the words, "Liar For Hire." He could do splashy commercials bragging that Hillary Clinton is a happily satisfied customer. The former British spy pocketed buckets of money from the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (not to mention cash from the FBI courtesy of you, the American taxpayer) by conjuring up a phony dossier that was used to smear Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election and trigger an FBI investigation that badly damaged his presidency. When you think about it, it was one helluva grift. Until it was exposed....

PASADENA, Calif.- ABC news executives yesterday vowed to give Sunday-morning stalwart "This Week" a "freshening up" by airing stories that reach beyond Washington.The Beltway talk institution will take a new twist this September -- when solo anchor George Stephanopoulas takes control of the show that producers promised will connect general news stories to politics.And Stephanopoulas said he has a standing invitation for his former boss, President Clinton, to appear on "This Week."If the show's new format aired this week, producers said, stories like the Atkins diet or hormone gene therpy might be popular topics of "This Week"Freshening up, to us,...