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Police Chief Behind Marion County Record Raid is Suspended

Gideon Cody, who orchestrated a widely criticized raid on The Marion County Record, was suspended indefinitely, a city official said on Saturday.

The federal charges are said to involve disclosure of tax information from Donald Trump and other wealthy taxpayers.

The momentum behind organizations that aim to combat online falsehoods has started to taper off.

A psychologist, he started the alternative weekly with Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer in 1955. “We were crazy enough to think it would succeed,” he said.

The accusations reflect worry in Washington that China’s information operations pose a growing security challenge to the United States.