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On the recordSeptember 19, 2017
He's being investigated in part because he fired the FBI director and he said, God bless him, he certainly fast up, he told NBC News I fired him because of this Russia thing.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala points out that Trump's firing of the FBI director is a key reason for the investigation.

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