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On the recordAugust 30, 2022
I think if our form of government if you have members of one party who out of a blind obedience to their party leader want to essentially tear down law enforcement, turn down the Justice Department because their party leader may have engaged in criminal activity and they don`t want to investigate it.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Commenting on the Republican movement to defund the FBI and its implications for governance.

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