A tough-talking anti-human-trafficking organization with ties to Donald Trump relied on a tip from a psychic for at least one of its failed “raids” in Haiti, according to reporters who have tracked the group. “They have defended the use of psychics and made it sound like something that law enforcement does all the time, which they might do, but that doesn’t make it a good idea,” Vice senior staff writer Anna Merlan said on the latest episode of The Daily Beast’s Fever Dreams podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trumpy Anti-Trafficking Group Relies on Psychic for Tips FT/ Anna Merlan & Tim Marchman

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