Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has returned.
While she never actually quit her day job, Harris had one of her most high profile days in the Senate on Wednesday since ending her Democratic presidential bid earlier in December. She took a seat with the rest of Senate Judiciary Committee to listen to testimony from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz on his report on the FBI investigation into 2016 Russian election interference.
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