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Eric Swalwell: “It was fishy then, the fact that he met one-on-one with Putin with only an interpreter in the room the way that he…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2019
It was fishy then, the fact that he met one-on-one with Putin with only an interpreter in the room the way that he blamed the United States and took Putin's side at that press conference.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell reflects on the suspicious nature of Trump's private meeting with Putin.

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