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Adam Schiff: “Well, he apparently forgets the fact that in realtime what happened last year was the director of the FBI talked about…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2017
Well, he apparently forgets the fact that in realtime what happened last year was the director of the FBI talked about an investigation into Hillary Clinton, even 10 days or less before an election, but did not tell the country that there was also an investigation going on of the Trump campaign over a far more serious matter, that is, whether individuals in the Trump campaign had been suborn essentially as agents of a foreign power.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff responds to Donald Trump Jr.'s comments by highlighting the differences in how investigations were handled regarding Hillary Clinton and the Trump campaign.

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