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Richard Blumenthal: “Well, I think one view is that he gave a signal in that memo that he wrote that the president cannot be charged or…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2019
Well, I think one view is that he gave a signal in that memo that he wrote that the president cannot be charged or perhaps even accountable for crimes like obstruction of justice because of the view that the president has control over the entire executive branch.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal discusses his interpretation of Barr's memo regarding presidential accountability.

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