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Jim Himes: “It would be very strange to exert executive privilege against somebody who is now a private citizen who's been asked to…”

On the recordJune 4, 2017
It would be very strange to exert executive privilege against somebody who is now a private citizen who's been asked to testify before the Congress.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Representative Himes discusses the implications of President Trump not asserting executive privilege over Comey's testimony.

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