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Adam Schiff: “The law is pretty clear here that where the current president finds that the national interest outweighs an assertion of…”

On the recordNovember 4, 2021
The law is pretty clear here that where the current president finds that the national interest outweighs an assertion of privilege and the Biden administration has made that finding, that that is the dominant determinant.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Adam Schiff explains the legal standing regarding executive privilege in the context of the January 6th investigation.

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