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    The $100,000 dark-money mystery group behind a pharma-bashing Facebook campaign

    by Ike Swetlitz Mar 07, 2019 3 minutes
    The group's biggest promoter is the conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt (left), who has mentioned the group multiple times on his morning show.

    WASHINGTON — A new dark money group with conservative ties has run more than $100,000 worth of Facebook ads bashing pharmaceutical companies and high drug prices since October, STAT has learned.

    The group’s spokesperson is a well-known Republican communications professional who previously worked for President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services. And its biggest promoter is the conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, who has mentioned the group multiple times on his morning show.

    But exactly what “Citizens for Truth in Drug Pricing” is remains a mystery. The group has no website

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