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On the recordDecember 8, 2019
the President or any potential witness to this impeachment inquiry should be allowed to raise defenses without it being used as an adverse inference against him.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock emphasizes the need for witnesses to defend themselves without negative implications.

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