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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
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On the recordApril 29, 2018
The President has the executive privilege, we agree on that. Can't he waive that privilege, for example in the firing of Jim Comey?
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Begala questions the implications of executive privilege in relation to Comey's firing.

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