The raids launched by Palmer were
A) part of a baseball scandal involving attempts to bribe a pitcher to switch teams.
B) incursions into New Mexico by a Mexican rebel who murdered Americans.
C) efforts by congressional insurgents to strip the speaker of the house of certain powers.
D) a series of illegal arrests of alleged radical subversives under the direction of the U.S. attorney general.
Answer: D) a series of illegal arrests of alleged radical subversives under the direction of the U.S. attorney general.
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