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Richard Blumenthal: “Attacks by public officials, and I am not going to mince words--by the President of the United States--on our…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
Attacks by public officials, and I am not going to mince words--by the President of the United States--on our independent judiciary are a disservice to judicial independence and the integrity of our judicial system.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal criticizes attacks on the judiciary by public officials, especially the President.

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