On the recordMay 20, 2018
When an FBI agent goes to talk to a potential witness and he or she has heard the president of the United States attacking the FBI, it undermines that agent's ability to do his or her job.
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Blumenthal discusses how the president's attacks on the FBI affect the agency's operations.
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