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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
I have really no idea what caused President Trump to assert that his predecessor was engaged in that kind of criminality. It seems completely divorced from reality.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Schiff expresses confusion over President Trump's accusations against former President Obama.

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