Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 1, 2016
I do think that there is a norm that, you know, when there are investigations we don't operate on innuendo, we don't operate on incomplete information. We don't operate on leaks.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama discusses the norms surrounding investigations and criticizes the handling of information by the FBI.

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