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Adam Schiff: “We should have called them out much earlier while I respect the motive in terms of the Obama administration, they didn't…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 2018
We should have called them out much earlier while I respect the motive in terms of the Obama administration, they didn't want to be seen as meddling. The American people had a right to know what was going on and could be trust to do the right thing with it and they should have defended being more public and aggressive at the time, at least in my view.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Schiff discusses the Obama administration's response to Russian interference.

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