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Richard Blumenthal: “Very rarely. I can say not only as state attorney general but also as a former United States attorney, chief federal…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2017
Very rarely. I can say not only as state attorney general but also as a former United States attorney, chief federal prosecutor in Connecticut, that this kind of letter is sent exonerating, it's rare, virtually nonexistent in the case of the president.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal discusses the rarity of exoneration letters in the context of the Mueller investigation.

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