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Adam Kinzinger: “My goodness. I mean, Chuck, if any of us in the House of Representatives, who by our election we have, you know, in…”

On the recordAugust 27, 2022
My goodness. I mean, Chuck, if any of us in the House of Representatives, who by our election we have, you know, in essence the highest level of security clearance, if any of us walked out intentionally with even one document from the SCIF, which is where we can go see classified documents at. And, you know, our organization came to us, the House came to us and said, 'You got to give this document back,' and we refused to do it for years, we'd be in real trouble.
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Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

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Kinzinger discusses the seriousness of mishandling classified documents and the hypocrisy of his party's defense of Trump.

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