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On the recordMarch 12, 2019
What it says to me is that the president was attempting to influence potentially that investigation in New York where he was an unindicted co-conspirator and, in fact, he was called individual number one but clearly he was that person in a possible campaign finance conspiracy involving Michael Cohen.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal discusses the implications of the president's potential influence on the investigation into Michael Cohen.

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