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Eric Swalwell: “This falls in line with others who have casually exerted privileges. Jeff sessions cites a long-standing Department of…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2017
This falls in line with others who have casually exerted privileges. Jeff sessions cites a long-standing Department of Justice privilege, which is not found in the law, that he couldn't tell us what he says to Donald Trump and Roger Stone cited a privilege on behalf of a journalist when we asked him who he was talking to at WikiLeaks.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell discusses the misuse of privilege claims by Trump Jr. and others in relation to their testimonies.

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