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On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Is it possible that the removal of the Ukraine provision from the GOP platform was a coincidence? Is it a coincidence that Jeff Sessions failed to tell the Senate about his meetings with the Russian ambassador? Is it a coincidence that Michael Flynn would lie about a conversation he had with the same Russian ambassador Kislyak about the most pressing issue facing both countries at the time they spoke, the U.S. imposition of sanctions over Russian hacking of our election designed to help Donald Trump?
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff questions the coincidences surrounding various actions and statements related to Russian interference and the Trump campaign.

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