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Domenico Montanaro

Congress takes reins of prayer breakfast from secretive Christian evangelical group

President Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

On its face, the National Prayer Breakfast is a serene, bipartisan event full of spiritual reflection.

But over the years, the breakfast has also been a source of controversy — full of shadowy fundraising, behind-the-scenes lobbying and even infiltration by a Russian spy.

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