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On the recordDecember 16, 2019
When Lieutenant Colonel Vindman testified, he said that this request for a favor was not in any sense a friendly request; it was a demand in the context of the hundreds of millions of dollars that were being held up.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin emphasizes the coercive nature of the President's request to Ukraine.

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