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In 1996, Moseley Braun made a private trip to [[Nigeria]], where she met with dictator Sani Abacha. Despite U.S. sanctions against that country due to Abacha's actions, the Senator neither notified nor registered her trip with the [[State Department]].  She subsequently defended Abacha's human rights records in Congress.<ref name="Braun_Ruden_NPR">''[[NPR]]'', [https://www.npr.org/programs/specials/democrats2004/braun.html "2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates: Carol Moseley Braun"], May 6, 2003</ref> Her former fiancé Kgosie Matthews, who also served on her campaign staff (in violation of U.S. immigration regulations<ref>Siskind Susser Bland. "[http://www.visalaw.com/98may/38may98.html US SENATOR’S CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOUND TO BE WORKING ILLEGALLY] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206014926/http://www.visalaw.com/98may/38may98.html |date=December 6, 2010 }}." May 1998. Accessed February 16, 2010.</ref>), had been a [[lobbyist]] for the Nigerian government; Matthews would later leave the country. She had paid Matthews, a native of South Africa, a salary of $15,000 a month during the campaign.<ref>Johnson, Dirk, [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10616F63F5E0C728FDDAB0994DA494D81 "Illinois's new Senator under fire on issue of boyfriend's conduct"], ''Chicago Tribune'', December 31, 1992. Retrieved January 1, 2011.</ref>

In 1996, Moseley Braun made a private trip to [[Nigeria]], where she met with dictator Sani Abacha. Despite U.S. sanctions against that country due to Abacha's actions, the Senator neither notified nor registered her trip with the [[State Department]].  She subsequently defended Abacha's human rights records in Congress.<ref name="Braun_Ruden_NPR">''[[NPR]]'', [https://www.npr.org/programs/specials/democrats2004/braun.html "2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates: Carol Moseley Braun"], May 6, 2003</ref> Her former fiancé Kgosie Matthews, who also served on her campaign staff (in violation of U.S. immigration regulations<ref>Siskind Susser Bland. "[http://www.visalaw.com/98may/38may98.html US SENATOR’S CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOUND TO BE WORKING ILLEGALLY] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206014926/http://www.visalaw.com/98may/38may98.html |date=December 6, 2010 }}." May 1998. Accessed February 16, 2010.</ref>), had been a [[lobbyist]] for the Nigerian government; Matthews would later leave the country. She had paid Matthews, a native of South Africa, a salary of $15,000 a month during the campaign.<ref>Johnson, Dirk, [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10616F63F5E0C728FDDAB0994DA494D81 "Illinois's new Senator under fire on issue of boyfriend's conduct"], ''Chicago Tribune'', December 31, 1992. Retrieved January 1, 2011.</ref>

In 1998, after [[George Will]] wrote a column reviewing the allegations of corruption against her,<ref>Will, George F. "[http://students.uis.edu/araut01s/cr/will.html Story of Chicagoan Carol Moseley-Braun] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206011035/http://students.uis.edu/araut01s/cr/will.html |date=December 6, 2010 }}." September 6, 1998.</ref> Moseley Braun played the [[race card]], "I think because he couldn't say nigger, he said corrupt,"<ref name="Braun_Will_CNN">''[[Associated Press]]'', [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/09/08/braun.ap/ "Moseley-Braun Lashes Out At Columnist, Apologizes"] (defunct link. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070613075007/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/09/08/braun.ap/ Archived copy] as of June 13, 2007.), ''[[CNN]]'', September 9, 1998.</ref> She also compared Will to a [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman, saying: "I mean this very sincerely from the bottom of my heart: He can take his hood and put it back on again, as far as I'm concerned."<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/11/03/election/senate/illinois/ "Moseley-Braun loses to Republican Fitzgerald"], ''[[CNN]]'', November 3, 1998.</ref>  Later, Moseley Braun apologized for her remarks.<ref name="Braun_Will_CNN"/>

In 1998, after [[George Will]] wrote a column reviewing the allegations of corruption against her,<ref>Will, George F. "[http://students.uis.edu/araut01s/cr/will.html Story of Chicagoan Carol Moseley-Braun] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206011035/http://students.uis.edu/araut01s/cr/will.html |date=December 6, 2010 }}." September 6, 1998.</ref> Moseley Braun played the [[race card]], "I think because he couldn't say n*gg*r, he said corrupt,"<ref name="Braun_Will_CNN">''[[Associated Press]]'', [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/09/08/braun.ap/ "Moseley-Braun Lashes Out At Columnist, Apologizes"] (defunct link. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070613075007/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/09/08/braun.ap/ Archived copy] as of June 13, 2007.), ''[[CNN]]'', September 9, 1998.</ref> She also compared Will to a [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman, saying: "I mean this very sincerely from the bottom of my heart: He can take his hood and put it back on again, as far as I'm concerned."<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/11/03/election/senate/illinois/ "Moseley-Braun loses to Republican Fitzgerald"], ''[[CNN]]'', November 3, 1998.</ref>  Later, Moseley Braun apologized for her remarks.<ref name="Braun_Will_CNN"/>

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