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The senators questioned both women’s independence and willingness to split with Trump if the law required it.

“But Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires.”

There was particular concern for victims of domestic and economic abuse who need cash to avoid being traced through card transactions or to gain financial independence from abusive partners.

And Trump's pursuit of Canada as a "51st state" of the US has focused minds north of the border on their own security independence.

White claimed Chapman had failed to uphold the independence of the judiciary and that her position on the committee had become "untenable".