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On the recordJune 19, 2019
You wrote that the current environment may create--and I quote you--a chilling effect on agents, who may be reluctant to open investigations on certain individuals based on the rhetoric coming from the President and the Attorney General or otherwise to aggressively investigate foreign influence on political campaigns or electoral processes.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline discusses concerns about the chilling effect on investigations due to political rhetoric.

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