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Steve Cohen: When President Trump, for his own personal political gain, asked for a 'favor' from a foreign leader, he did exactly…

On the recordDecember 10, 2019
When President Trump, for his own personal political gain, asked for a 'favor' from a foreign leader, he did exactly what our Founding Fathers feared most.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen explains the constitutional implications of Trump's actions regarding foreign influence.

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