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Jeh Johnson: “If – and it was secondhand hearsay.”

On the recordJuly 2, 2022
If – and it was secondhand hearsay.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeh Johnson expresses concern about relying on secondhand hearsay in the testimony related to the January 6th hearings.

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