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On the recordMay 14, 2019
On the protective assertion of executive privilege, my understanding is this is simply the executive branch saying, 'Wait a second. You guys have just asked for 1.4 million pages of material.'
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock explains the executive branch's response to a large document request.

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