{"id":489,"date":"2015-12-15T08:12:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photos.sltrib.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2015-12-15T08:12:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T15:12:35","slug":"rep-jason-chaffetz-meets-with-utah-muslims-denounces-donald-trumps-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photos.sltrib.com\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"Rep. 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