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William Mendoza

The family of a former Fort Lewis College student with autism is accusing a policy advisor to President Barack Obama of assaulting him last year on a school fieldtrip to Washington, D.C. But the senior political appointee says it is the student who was the aggressor.

Herald Staff Writer

Wednesday, Aug 24, 2016 5:09 PM MT

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