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Eric Swalwell: we never believe that there should be any meeting at all because essentially by having this meeting you are allowing a…

On the recordMay 23, 2018
we never believe that there should be any meeting at all because essentially by having this meeting you are allowing a subject of a criminal investigation to reach into the evidence locker at the FBI and to see some of the evidence that exists against him. That's just wrong.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell criticizes the decision to hold a meeting that allows a subject of a criminal investigation access to evidence.

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