Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
In September 2016, shortly before Donald Trump was elected, the then-candidate spoke to Michael Cohen — at the time, his lawyer and fixer — about buying the silence of one of his former mistresses. A transcript of their conversation later emerged, and it showed a handful of references to someone named Mark Burns.
If this story sounds at all familiar, it might be because Burns ran for Congress in 2018 in a different South Carolina district. The Christian pastor, who was caught padding his resume, struggled badly and finished in eighth place in a GOP primary. He ran and lost again in 2022. This year, however, Burns is trying once more — in a different district — and with the presumptive Republican nominee in his corner, he’s likely optimistic about his changes.
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