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Healey To Investigate Cambridge Data Firm Used By Trump Campaign; Former Obama Campaign Staffer Says Facebook “Was On Our Side”

Healey To Investigate Cambridge Data Firm Used By Trump Campaign; Former Obama Campaign Staffer Says Facebook “Was On Our Side”

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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced her office is investigating the Cambridge-based data firm that President Donald Trump's campaign used to obtain information on more than 50 million Facebook users, but a former official who worked during President Barack Obama's successful 2008 and 2012 campaigns says the Democrats effectively employed the same strategy. Healey on Saturday re-tweeted a New York Times report outlining how Cambridge Analytica, with the help of a wealthy GO

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced her office is investigating the Cambridge-based data firm that President Donald Trump's campaign used to obtain information on more than 50 million Facebook users, but a former official who worked during President Barack Obama's successful 2008 and 2012 campaigns says the Democrats effectively employed the same strategy. Healey on Saturday re-tweeted a New York Times report outlining how Cambridge Analytica, with the help of a wealthy GO…