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On the recordDecember 16, 2019
In fact, we have contemporaneous witnesses, like Ambassador Sondland and others, who said, no, it was clear that what was important to the President was getting this personal political favor.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon points to witnesses confirming Trump's focus on personal political favors.

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