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Richard Blumenthal: “I'm going to be asking the Office of Legal Counsel for an opinion that in effect retracts its prior opinion indicating…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2018
I'm going to be asking the Office of Legal Counsel for an opinion that in effect retracts its prior opinion indicating that the President cannot be indicted because I think the President, himself, can be indicted if only to stop the statute of limitations from running.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Blumenthal discusses his intention to challenge the legal precedent that a sitting President cannot be indicted.

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