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In 1953 Joseph McCarthy accused the U.S. Army of harbouring communist subversives. The Army then submitted a report alleging that McCarthy’s attorney had improperly pressured the Army secretary into giving preferential treatment to a McCarthy associate. McCarthy disputed the Army’s claims, and an ensuing 1954 Senate investigation exposed McCarthy’s lies and tactics on national television. Learn more.

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