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Adriano Espaillat: To have a foreign country which has ill will against America interfere, deliberately, pre-meditatively, maliciously…

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
To have a foreign country which has ill will against America interfere, deliberately, pre-meditatively, maliciously interfere in our electoral process constitutes a clear and present danger.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat warns about the dangers of foreign interference in U.S. elections.

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