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Jamie Raskin: “This inquiry is a cynical attempt to tar everyone, to make everyone look suspect, make everyone look corrupt, so that…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
This inquiry is a cynical attempt to tar everyone, to make everyone look suspect, make everyone look corrupt, so that voters just give up and say, 'There is not much difference here.'
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin describes the impeachment inquiry as an attempt to undermine public trust in government.

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