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On the recordDecember 2, 2019
The evidence is quite overwhelming that the President of the United States used the power of his office, $400 million of taxpayer military assistance to help an ally fighting the Russians as well as a desperately sought meeting in the White House to coerce an ally into doing his political dirty work.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff describes the president's misuse of military aid for personal political gain.

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