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On the recordJune 6, 2017
Yeah. And to be fair to the president, you know, a lot of us read that in the president's firing statement of Jim Comey and we said, 'That doesn't sound right.'
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Jim Himes acknowledges the president's claim of being vindicated but points out inconsistencies in the narrative.

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