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Eric Swalwell: It shouldn't happen, and it would be breaking one of the, I would say, fundamental promises that Donald Trump made…

On the recordDecember 12, 2018
It shouldn't happen, and it would be breaking one of the, I would say, fundamental promises that Donald Trump made during the campaign, that he was going to drain the swamp and breaking that promise on day one, you know, the inauguration, if pay to play is occurring.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell discusses the implications of potential pay-to-play activities related to Trump's inauguration donations.

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