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On the recordDecember 5, 2017
To hide behind a made-up privilege sets us back in what we need to tell the American people.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell criticizes Trump Jr.'s use of privilege as an obstruction to the investigation.

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