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On the recordMarch 19, 2017
You know, there's no way to reconcile it. I had hope perhaps naively that once the directors spoke, and you had a source that was very much in position to know of any basis that existed for this, that the president would say, OK, enough. We've traced this long enough and I apologize, I shouldn't have said what I did.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff expresses disappointment that President Trump did not retract his accusations against President Obama after FBI Director Comey's testimony.

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