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Neal Katyal: “What I think everyone knows and what was apparent in the last two weeks of hearings is that this was not about…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2019
What I think everyone knows and what was apparent in the last two weeks of hearings is that this was not about corruption, it was about one simple thing, the president wanted them to announce an investigation.
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Neal Katyal
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Katyal argues that the president's request to Ukraine was focused on political gain rather than genuine concerns about corruption.

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