Trump campaign, top political adviser part ways

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Donald Trump's campaign announced Saturday it fired top political adviser Roger Stone, CNN reports.

"We have a tremendously successful campaign and Roger wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity," a campaign spokesperson said. "He has had a number of articles about him recently and Mr. Trump wants to keep the focus of the campaign on how to Make America Great Again."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.