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On the recordNovember 5, 2019
We are getting an increasing appreciation for what just took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president enlisted the whole departments of government in the illicit aim of trying to get Ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent, as well as further conspiracy theory from the 2016 election that he believed would be beneficial to his reelection campaign.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff discusses the implications of President Trump's actions regarding Ukraine and the investigation into a political opponent.

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