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Patrick Leahy: “In a way, it was considered by many, both Republicans and Democrats, as a digital Watergate.”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
In a way, it was considered by many, both Republicans and Democrats, as a digital Watergate.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy compares the theft of files to the Watergate scandal.

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