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“His claims that the investigations surrounding him are specious — the investigations were appropriate,” Kastor added.

He also accused the businessman of "resorting to all sorts of specious legal twists" and claimed he should "start behaving respectfully".

From BBC

ABC, the president of ABC News was no doubt opposed to caving to Trump on his specious claim.

From Salon

Nor do a publisher’s specious appeals to us based on bothsiderism in an existential election.

From Salon

And as they did in 2020, Trump’s agents and allies are already preparing to flood the courts with specious lawsuits to stop Kamala Harris from assuming office if she wins the 2024 election.

From Salon

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