Trump Delivers Veiled Threat to GOP Congressman via Journalist Fiancée

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President Trump indirectly threatened Rep.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) through his fiancée, Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich, during a press event, citing Fitzpatrick's votes against him.
Fitzpatrick responded by criticizing Trump's proposed $1.7 billion compensation fund for 'lawfare' victims.

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President Donald Trump delivered a veiled threat to another independent Republican via his journalist fiancée, as she tried to ask him questions at a press gaggle. Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, who pressed Trump on his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press event at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday morning, is engaged to Brian Fitzpatrick, a GOP congressman from Pennsylvania who has voted against the president on multiple occasions. ... (Full article text preserved with paragraph breaks)

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