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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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