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On the recordDecember 14, 2017
I don't need to tell you about the truly awful effort that is being conducted by the president himself and his allies like Sean Hannity and Janine Perrow to throw mud on the story to American institution, the FBI, all in the service of creating some question about whether Robert Mueller is capable of producing an impartial report.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes criticizes the president's efforts to undermine the credibility of the FBI and the Mueller investigation.

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