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Jamie Raskin: “I told you this before the hearing was scheduled for the first time and I asked that you delay the hearing until…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2020
I told you this before the hearing was scheduled for the first time and I asked that you delay the hearing until January.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin recounts his request to delay the hearing to avoid complications.

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