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On the recordJune 11, 2017
I think the pressure on Republicans would be even too much for them to resist.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff believes that Republicans would feel compelled to act in favor of checks and balances if the president were to fire Mueller.

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