Originally published at: Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe - TPM – Talking Points Memo
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries. To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of…