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Adam Schiff: “We intend to move forward and hold him in criminal contempt. And expect and hope that the Justice Department will move…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2021
We intend to move forward and hold him in criminal contempt. And expect and hope that the Justice Department will move with equal alacrity.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff outlines the Committee's plan to proceed with contempt charges against Mark Meadows.

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