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episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Lee Fang. Lee Fang is an investigative reporter

formerly of The Intercept and the Nation.

His writing is focused on the influence of money in politics, security state overreach,

and civil liberties.

He was also responsible for releasing part of the Twitter files many months ago.

In this episode, we talk about the wide breadth of Lee's work, including his early reporting

about the Koch brothers. We talk about

whether there is a deep state. We talk about the collusion between Twitter and the U.S.

security state that was revealed in the Twitter files, and much more. So without further ado,

Lee Fong.

Lee Fong, thanks so much for coming on my show.

Thanks for having me.

So let's start out just by getting a bit about you and your background and how you got into investigative journalism.

People may know you from your work at The Intercept for about eight years.

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