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Eric Swalwell: “What the president sees as presidential harassment is really the end of presidential immunity.”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
What the president sees as presidential harassment is really the end of presidential immunity.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Swalwell explains that the investigations signify a shift away from the president's previous lack of accountability.

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