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It was a curious time for sonny perd to close a real estate deal. weeks after trump selected him to be agriculture secretary, perdue s company brought a small grain plant in south carolina. had anyone noticed it would have prompted questions ahead of his confirmation, but mr. perdue, the former governor of georgia, did not disclose the deal. there was no legal requirement for him to do so. an examination of public records by the washington post found the company in question sold that land to perdue at a small fraction of the estimated value, just as a company today to benefit from a friendly secretary of agriculture. during trump s campaign, sonny perdue was an adviser to trump. after trump won there was a lot of chatter about what job he might get. it was wasn t hard to narrow down the choice. he was in the business of agriculture himself. secretary of agriculture seemed like a good bet. ....