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On the recordMarch 28, 2019
I would ask my friend: Is he at all concerned that somebody that he didn't mention, Mr. Flynn, was, in fact, indicted and convicted of lying about his relationship with the Russians and his having clients in Europe, in Ukraine, which he failed to disclose? He was appointed to one of the highest offices, the National Security Advisor to the President, and he lied about his relations with the Russians to law enforcement, which is a crime, and was convicted and, in fact, pled. I understand what Mr. Barr has said in a 4-page letter after some 48 hours of review of all of the documents, all of the evidence, that was adduced. None of us really knows. I am not going to make a conclusion until I have an opportunity to review the report. I hope we will have a full debate on that. All of us are concerned, Republicans and Democrats, about the extraordinary number of people very close to the President--and, most importantly, Flynn, who was the National Security Advisor to the President--who were convicted of lying to law enforcement, some not paying their taxes and cheating the American people and all of us by not paying their fair share of what was due. I think that ought to be of concern to all of us. These weren't just some people. They were the President's campaign chairman. They were one of the President's foreign policy advisers, Mr. Papadopoulos. It was his personal attorney for 10 years, a so-called fixer, did anything he was told or implied to do.…
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 28, 2019

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