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On the recordFebruary 8, 2018
This is very obviously a strategy to time in that we move on to other things.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Himes suggests that the White House's actions are a strategy to divert attention away from the underlying issues raised in the Nunes memo.

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