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On the recordDecember 2, 2021
if we take the position, as the Justice Department did for four years, that you can`t prosecute a sitting president, and we now somehow take the position that we can`t prosecute a former president either because that would be looking backward, the president does become above the law...
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Adam Schiff warns that not prosecuting a former president could set a dangerous precedent of the president being above the law.

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