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Richard Blumenthal: “There is no valid claim here of executive privilege. Even if there were one, it has not been properly asserted.”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
There is no valid claim here of executive privilege. Even if there were one, it has not been properly asserted.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal questions the legitimacy of the executive privilege claim regarding Kavanaugh's documents.

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