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Substantial portion of the profits. joining our conversation, politics editor for the root, jason johnson. at the table, elise jordan, a former aid in the george w. bush white house and state departm t department. jason johnson, to you first. is it ethical, though? let me just ask anyone who worked in the government, to take any money for a book deal where you profit off your experience either anonymously or in your name? i don t think so. no, especially when your name is anonymous. i would think there would be all sorts of potential lawsuits here that make this problematic, and you can t go back i mean, talk about not being able to see your accuser. so i have a lot of ethical problems with this, but beyond that, nicolle, i m so tired of these pierre delecto republicans, come forward and say i want to bravely declare what s going on, hiding behind a burner twitter account or anonymous name. if this is really a problem, morally offensive to you, if it s so dangerous to the future of our democracy, then come forward and say something. it is infinitely more powerful if there s a face to these accusations than hiding behind a book deal that you re eventually going to give the money to some

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