publication date: Monday, June 19, 2017 (part of Summer 2017)

category: Justice

clue: This grandstanding lawman's last-minute intervention might have swung the presidential campaign, but the winner fired him anyway, in the biggest scandal so far this year.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Jesse King, and Elaine Beckland


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