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Eric Swalwell: Should that decision be made only after an investigation takes place rather than deciding beforehand a general principle…

On the recordOctober 20, 2021
Should that decision be made only after an investigation takes place rather than deciding beforehand a general principle of we are not going to investigate a former President at all?
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell questions the principle of not investigating a former President's suspected crimes.

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