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Peter Welch: “Well, no one -- no previous president has ever done what he did. I mean, he basically stole documents -- and I say stole…”

On the recordAugust 31, 2022
Well, no one -- no previous president has ever done what he did. I mean, he basically stole documents -- and I say stole -- that are top secret. And no private citizen has authorization to do that. So it’s illegal.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont
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msnbc.com

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Welch discusses the illegal actions of the previous president regarding classified documents.

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