undermined
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But the judge initially permitted him to supervise prosecutions in his other roles — an arrangement the subsequent 9th Circuit ruling undermined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Challenged by the BBC over how immigration agents handled both shooting incidents, Bovino rejected suggestions that video evidence undermined his claim that Good and Pretti had intended to harm the agents.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
“Additionally, as we have said repeatedly, personnel are only removed at this FBI if they have been found to have acted unethically, undermined the mission, or engaged in weaponization of law enforcement.”
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Platt, perceiving that Lyons undermined his authority, tried to fire Lyons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
And his conduct in providing clandestine instructions to Adams’s cabinet undermined the constitutional authority of the executive branch in ways that would have landed him in jail in modern times.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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