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Adam Schiff: “It would make you the judge in your own case. It would put you above the law.”

On the recordDecember 2, 2020
It would make you the judge in your own case. It would put you above the law.
Said by
Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Explaining the legal implications of a self-pardon by a president.

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