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Eric Swalwell

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Eric Michael Swalwell is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 15th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Swalwell has focused on issues such as gun control, healthcare, and technology policy during his time in office. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump and has been an advocate for progressive reforms within the Democratic Party.

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Jun 9, 2019

Your voices have been very important voices as our fragile democracy has been tested.

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Jun 9, 2019

I would say the Trump administration is in fast competition with what happened to the Nixon administration.

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Jun 9, 2019

The obstruction described in the report created a risk to our national security.

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Jun 9, 2019

The special counsel found substantial evidence for all three elements of obstruction of justice.

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Jun 9, 2019

The report concluded the President's efforts towards Sessions were because he believed Sessions would shield the President from the ongoing Russia investigation.

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Jun 9, 2019

The threat Russia and other nefarious actors have played and may continue to play in our elections.

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Jun 9, 2019

I believe that Ranking Member Collins agrees that we must do so without delay.

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Jun 9, 2019

There can be no question that Congress must investigate this direct attack on our democratic process.

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Jun 9, 2019

Proof of underlying crime is not required to prove obstruction.

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Jun 9, 2019

The most significant finding in that report is that Russia interfered with our election in sweeping and systematic fashion.

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May 20, 2019

All the State law was trying to do--this was general contract law. I am surprised that Mr. Pincus mentioned unconscionability law because the whole effort in the Supreme Court has been to get rid of the traditional tools of…

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May 20, 2019

If AT&T can rip everyone off for $30, and the people don't have the right to band together to assert those claims, they are going to get away with it and fraud will pay.

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May 20, 2019

The corporations are not really interested in arbitration. They are interested in claim suppression.

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May 20, 2019

This is nothing short of a corporate takeover of our nation's system of laws, and the American people have had enough.

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Apr 28, 2019

There are real questions about whether Attorney General Barr is acting as the president's lawyer because of his prior views of the Mueller investigation.

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Apr 28, 2019

Again, if the President is 100 percent clear, he should also tell his own attorney general, 'Go down to Congress and tell them I'm 100 percent clear so they can understand what the Russians did.'

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Apr 28, 2019

We're going to hear from the attorney general, Anderson. I don't understand why there's a standoff. America was attacked in the 2016 election by the Russians, we are undergoing informational warfare.

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Apr 14, 2019

The fact that they are unwilling to just tell the attorney general to release everything shows a consciousness of guilt.

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Apr 14, 2019

If the President is 100 percent exonerated, he should just order the full report.

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Apr 14, 2019

We want to know if the President or anyone in his family is financially compromised not just to the Russians.

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Apr 14, 2019

The President knows what he did, who his team worked with, and the efforts he took to obstruct.

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Apr 2, 2019

This is not an ordinary citizen. This is the president of the United States, and we should all know especially a public that paid for this investigation what the investigation produced.

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Apr 2, 2019

Just because he's not been criminally charged does not mean that there's not wrongdoing or that he didn't rise to the level of conduct that we'd want from a presidential candidate or from someone who's serving in the office.

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Apr 2, 2019

The Barr letter and his actions demonstrate that he's going to continue to protect the president and it's going to insulate him from us being able to know who he drew it through the election.

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