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Nebraska Examiner: Vargas and Bacon spar over visa help for Trump Media employee

Posted by Aaron Sanderford · September 05, 2024

OMAHA — State Sen. Tony Vargas, the Democrat running for the U.S. House in Nebraska’s 2nd District, said voters should consider why his Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, did “a special favor” on a work visa for an international executive with Trump Media.

Bacon told the Examiner last week that his congressional office did what it typically does when a constituent or someone else needing a visa or passport calls for help: It had a staffer call the State Department in January 2022 and check the status of the visa application. Members of Congress make such calls in hopes of speeding up the process.


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