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Sam Brownback

In this Jan. 12, 2016 file photo, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback speaks to the legislature in Topeka, Kan. (Photo by Orlin Wagner/AP)

Did Brownback lobby in support of a British right-wing activist?

By Steve Benen, The Rachel Maddow Show

Did Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, go to bat for a right-wing activist currently jailed in the U.K.?

07/16/18 11:30 AM
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