Trump Judicial Nominee Compared Obama Era to Nazi Germany

Newsweek
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Max Kutner
October 25, 2017 | 03:25PM ETNews & Politics

A lawyer who President Donald Trump nominated to be a federal judge once likened the treatment of Christians during the Obama administration to that of people in Nazi Germany and under communist regimes. Jeff Mateer made the comments in radio interviews in 2013 and 2014, according to audio clips that CNN resurfaced. Mateer is the first…

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