Lobbyist Takes Fall in Simpson Op-Ed Flap
“I didn’t know a goddamn thing about USA Today,” Simpson said in a telephone interview from his home in Cheyenne. “I got paid for doing the op-ed piece. I did not know where it was going to go.
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“I didn’t know a goddamn thing about USA Today,” Simpson said in a telephone interview from his home in Cheyenne. “I got paid for doing the op-ed piece. I did not know where it was going to go.
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