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‘Incomprehensible’: disbelief after Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of historical sex charges
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Former DUP leader led a double life championing conservative values while inflicting sexual harm on two schoolgirls While Joe Biden feted Jeffrey Donaldson at the White House during St Patrick’s Day celebrations in March 2024 a handful of detectives back home in Northern Ireland were quietly completing the countdown to his unmasking.Weeks earlier Donaldson had steered the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) back to power-sharing at Stormont, a political feat that rebooted the Good Friday agreement and imbued a statesmanlike aura to his triumphant visit to Washington. Continue reading...
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