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Eric Swalwell: “It's clear that we had a President and a Department that rewarded the President's friends, reducing the sentences or…”

On the recordJune 29, 2021
It's clear that we had a President and a Department that rewarded the President's friends, reducing the sentences or issuing pardons for Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and then punished and weaponized the Department to go after the President's enemies.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell criticizes the previous administration's misuse of the Department of Justice.

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