On the recordJune 12, 2017
I am protecting the right of the president to exert it -- assert it if he chooses.
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transcripts.cnn.comI am protecting the right of the president to exert it -- assert it if he chooses.
Sessions explains his refusal to answer questions about his conversations with the president.
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