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Jack Reed: “Well, I think the attorney general was completely off base in characterizing an FBI counterintelligence investigation as…”

On the recordApril 10, 2019
Well, I think the attorney general was completely off base in characterizing an FBI counterintelligence investigation as spying. He knows enough not to use those kind of high voltage terminology.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed criticizes Attorney General Barr for using the term 'spying' to describe the FBI's investigation.

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