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Jackie Speier: “It should change the calculus not just for the house but for the Senate more importantly because if this was Barack…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 2020
It should change the calculus not just for the house but for the Senate more importantly because if this was Barack Obama, there would be no question that these people would be coming forward as witnesses and that documents would be released.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California

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Speier argues that the handling of subpoenas and witness cooperation would be different if it were Obama in office.

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