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Adam Schiff: “I don't know if I would call it a cover-up, but it's a brazen interference with a criminal investigation.”

On the recordMay 8, 2017
I don't know if I would call it a cover-up, but it's a brazen interference with a criminal investigation.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Schiff describes the president's actions regarding Comey's firing as interference in a criminal investigation.

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