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Jerry Nadler: “When witnesses disobeyed him, when career professionals came forward and told us the truth, he attacked them viciously…”

On the recordDecember 3, 2019
When witnesses disobeyed him, when career professionals came forward and told us the truth, he attacked them viciously, calling them traitors and liars.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler describes Trump's retaliation against whistleblowers during the investigation.

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