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On the recordJuly 26, 2022
There is a risk to indicting a former president in terms of what it does to this country. But I believe in these circumstances, the risk is so much greater if they let this guy go.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri
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msnbc.com

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McCaskill discusses the potential consequences of not holding Trump accountable.

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