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bad advice



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He spent about 14 months in federal prison and later blamed the loan forgiveness on bad advice from lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

"Of course we wish we hadn't gone to Nashville, but we didn't follow bad advice."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Lawsuits arising from bad advice will just be part of the cost of doing business.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

It’s meant to help people who missed out on forgiveness because of complex paperwork, bad advice or other obstacles.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Since George Washington, as the editor observed, “has never given bad advice to his country,” did it not make practical sense to “let him point to a map and say ‘here’?”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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