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Rebekah Mercer Standing by Cambridge Analytica After Blackmail Scandal

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A source close to the family says that she intends to remain on the company’s board, and is ‘working to be part of the solution.’

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Patrick McMullan

Billionaire heiress Rebekah Mercer is standing by embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica—at least for now. A person close to Mercer, who sits on the firm’s board, told The Daily Beast she has no immediate plans to leave her post there, despite a bombshell report alleging the company used

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