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Al Sharpton Takes a Hypocritical Plunge

By Wayne Barrett
The Village Voice | December 7, 2004
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Al Sharpton helped engineer the demise of his mentor, Jesse Jackson, who had an affair with the executive director of his nonprofit organization and showered her with benefits, even while Sharpton was sending every signal to those around him that he was doing the same.
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Tags: divorce, affair, Basil Smikle, executive director, funds, hanky-panky, Kathy Sharpton, Marjorie Fields-Harris, Marjorie Harris, National Action Network, religious leadership

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