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On the recordAugust 31, 2021
Well, it`s a threat and it is a threat to premised on a falsehood that somehow asking these companies to preserve records were ultimately -- to turn over records of people involved in an insurrection is somehow against the law.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Adam Schiff responds to Kevin McCarthy's statement regarding the request for telecom records, asserting that it is based on falsehoods.

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