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Richard Blumenthal: “These statements are really surreal and strange and scary. They are scary because we're dealing here with wiretapping…”

On the recordMarch 6, 2017
These statements are really surreal and strange and scary. They are scary because we're dealing here with wiretapping and surveillance, which goes to the core privacy rights of all of us as citizens.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal expresses concern over Trump's wiretapping allegations and their implications for privacy rights.

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