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Jeff Sessions: “Well, Senator, if there are laws violated and they can be prosecuted, then, of course, you will have to handle that in…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
Well, Senator, if there are laws violated and they can be prosecuted, then, of course, you will have to handle that in an appropriate way.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions states the need to prosecute if laws are violated, regardless of political interests.

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