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Richard Blumenthal: “We're talking here about an effort to hide criminality, obstruct justice in the name of executive privilege.”

On the recordMarch 18, 2019
We're talking here about an effort to hide criminality, obstruct justice in the name of executive privilege.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal criticizes the use of executive privilege as a means to conceal wrongdoing.

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