Jose Antonio Vargas

Journalist, filmmaker, founder and CEO of Define American

Journalist, filmmaker, founder and CEO of Define American and author of Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

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President Trump says it was very legal and very cool to run his business and campaign simultaneously, but was it?

Very legal? Very cool?

President Trump says it was very legal and very cool to run his business and campaign simultaneously, but was it?

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