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On the recordMarch 16, 2025
You see him exploring the threshold of ignoring a court order, knowing because he said so before and because his people know this, that that is very serious business, that that is a constitutional crisis.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes discusses Donald Trump's actions regarding court orders and the implications of ignoring them.

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