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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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Mar 19, 2018

We simply cannot watch this happen time and time again and take no action.

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Mar 19, 2018

We must also explore ways to help States establish extreme risk protection orders in emergency situations when someone presents a danger to themselves or others.

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Mar 18, 2018

He ran on being the police-friendly candidate, and right now just to protect himself, he and his allies keep attacking the cops.

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Mar 18, 2018

There are storms gathering. I think the best outcome for the American people is if a check is put on this presidency this midterm and that he is impeached at the ballot box in 2020.

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Mar 18, 2018

Actions speak louder than Sunday morning shows or tweets and all I hear from my Republican colleagues every time the President attacks Mueller... is, you know, good talk.

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Mar 18, 2018

The President can hire 100 lawyers, but there's only one version of the truth. So it's time for him to tell that version, end the games, and just come clean with the American people.

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Mar 14, 2018

Yes, Anderson, our job as a committee was to put out a report that would protect the ballot box and the Republicans instead have chosen to protect the President.

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Mar 14, 2018

Anderson, it looks like that the Mueller team is following Donald Trump's money and with the limited resources we had in our investigation without subpoena power on the Democratic side, when we followed the money, we found that Donald…

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Mar 14, 2018

We're talking about the House Intelligence Committee shutting down its probe. Republicans say their work is done. Democrats on the committee say otherwise.

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Mar 14, 2018

I hope bob Mueller has his own lines and, you know, follows the evidence, not the President's rules, because, you know, Bob Mueller should be able to proceed, you know, without any threats or intimidation from the White House.

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Mar 7, 2018

I guarantee Adam Schiff is not going to make this a voluntary interview. He's going to subpoena things and subpoena people.

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Mar 7, 2018

At best, this demonstrates bad judgment that we would be drawn so close to the Russians. At worse, this may be witting cooperation.

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Mar 7, 2018

If the story about George Nader being in the seashells with Erik Prince to establish this Russia back channel is true, Eric Prince lied to our committee.

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Mar 7, 2018

I still believe, Anderson, that the American people are going to speak this November and that they're going to want checks and balances in place.

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Mar 7, 2018

Not really, Anderson. There's a growing wall between our investigation and the truth and Mr. Lewandowski added bricks to that wall today.

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Mar 7, 2018

Our committee members, I think, show today more fidelity to protecting Donald Trump than protecting the ballot box.

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Mar 7, 2018

People sent us hear to understand what the Russians did. What role, if any, the Trump campaign members played in working with the Russians.

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Feb 26, 2018

If the President wants to be incompetent, unqualified people on his staff, that's his priority.

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Feb 26, 2018

I'm afraid to say, means that it was more likely that Republicans just wanted to punish a perceived political enemy of theirs.

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Feb 26, 2018

Ms. Hicks told us that the White House had told her that she was not allowed to talk about anything that has happened since the Election Day.

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Feb 26, 2018

Today Anderson more bricks were put into the wall between a congressional investigation and what happened with the Trump campaign and Russia.

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Feb 26, 2018

We have a situation here really with a rogue son-in-law of the president of the United States that nobody except perhaps the special prosecutor and perhaps the president of the United States knows really what the hell he has been up to.

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Feb 26, 2018

I think he should be sidelined from having access to any classified information.

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