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John Ratcliffe: The secondhand account of something someone didn't hear isn't as good as the best evidence of what was actually said.

On the recordOctober 23, 2019
The secondhand account of something someone didn't hear isn't as good as the best evidence of what was actually said.
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John Ratcliffe
Republican · Texas

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Representative Ratcliffe argues that secondhand accounts are not as reliable as direct evidence.

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