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Joe McGinniss takes a page from Jeffrey MacDonald’s playbook and invites famous journalist Janet Malcolm to write about the lawsuit -- She’ll understand…Or will she?

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Chapter Seven | Morally Indefensible

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Never lose your place, on any device