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Adam Schiff: “If they take that too far, that is the desire to avoid controversy, and they somehow in practical effect immunize the…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2022
If they take that too far, that is the desire to avoid controversy, and they somehow in practical effect immunize the former president because it would be controversial to investigate a former president, that’s a political decision and I think a very dangerous one.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Schiff warns against the political implications of the DOJ's hesitance to investigate a former president.

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