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Eric Swalwell: I actually right after the 2016 legislation wrote bipartisan legislation to have an independent investigation. I foresaw…

On the recordJuly 11, 2018
I actually right after the 2016 legislation wrote bipartisan legislation to have an independent investigation. I foresaw then that this was going to become too hot for Congress and that we should put these issues in the hands of elders and state persons. And it's not too late to do that.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell discusses the need for an independent investigation into the issues surrounding the Trump-Russia investigation.

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