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On the recordNovember 18, 2018
What's important is that there is a mechanism for the special counsel to ask the President whatever questions the special counsel may have, and that's sort of an important constitutional principle that no person in the United States, including the President of the United States, is above the law.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Jim Himes emphasizes the importance of the special counsel's ability to question the President.

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