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Jamie Raskin: “I think this was an essential betrayal of his oath of office.”

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
I think this was an essential betrayal of his oath of office.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin claims Trump coerced a foreign government to influence the election.

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