Former CIA operative faces GOP ‘security risk’ attacks in key Virginia battleground

By Laura Barrón-López

Published November 4, 2018 12:00pm ET

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BLACKSTONE, Va. — Abigail Spanberger chuckled as she stood, in heels, in the middle of a pack of American Guinea hogs on a rural Virginia farm Wednesday. Walking into a muddy enclosure with hogs is likely one of the easier things the former CIA operative has done.

“Who is it that said if you wrestle a pig, you’ll get dirty?” she said.

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