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Gerald Connolly: “I think clearly there is a concerted effort from the White House led by Mr. Trump and his hired gun Rudy Giuliani to not…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 2019
I think clearly there is a concerted effort from the White House led by Mr. Trump and his hired gun Rudy Giuliani to not only discredit this witness, but to -- by insinuation and no proof, bring even more attention to the Cohen family and to thereby to intimidate Mr. Cohen and discard his testimony.

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Connolly discusses the efforts by Trump and Giuliani to intimidate Michael Cohen and undermine his testimony.

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