What Is a Private Investigator Doing in a Trader Joe's Parking Lot?

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Gota ba raja paxa was with his family, and he was going on a grocery shopping trip. The thing that makes him a little different than the rest the customers is that he was being followed there. When i got out, i called for his name, and when i called his name, he turned around. And then when i walked up to him, i noticed his wife was looking at me,. And i went to hin him envelope, and he quickly folded his hand behind his back.

Sri Lanka’s “Go home, Gota!” protesters want to throw President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of office. Reveal’s Ike Sriskandarajah explains what could happen if Gota "goes home" to the serene suburbs of Southern California.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Haleema Shah with help from Victoria Dominguez, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

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