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Jerry Nadler: “This is part of a larger problem, which was actually article two of the impeachment -- of the impeachment. Not only did…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2020
This is part of a larger problem, which was actually article two of the impeachment -- of the impeachment. Not only did they try to hide every evidence -- every piece of evidence that might bear on the president's misconduct. The president sent that a general order that nobody from the executive branch should testify to Congress, nobody should answer any subpoena, nobody should give any information. And he called it absolute immunity, which is nonsense.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler discusses the obstruction of Congress by the president's administration during the impeachment process.

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