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Jeff Sessions: “But to target people, and to any way demean them, if they were fine public servants and they were following the law, and…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
But to target people, and to any way demean them, if they were fine public servants and they were following the law, and carrying out a legitimate policy of their supervisors, would be wrong and I think we should respect them.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions emphasizes the importance of respecting career attorneys who follow lawful orders.

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