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Editorial: Who was naughty and who was nice in 2019?

For this year's naughty-or-nice list, we could have filled the page just with names from the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry. But the disappointments and delights of 2019 extended far beyond the drama on Capitol Hill. Here are some of the public figures whose actions stood out as the most lamentable - or laudable.

NAUGHTY

President Trump, for oh so many things, not the least being his effort to strong-arm a novice foreign leader into helping his reelection bid by investigating former Vice President Joe Biden.

U.S. Atty. Gen.

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