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Eric Holder: “The President has the inherent right to kill any of you.”

On the recordJune 5, 2018
The President has the inherent right to kill any of you.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Holder discussed the President's authority to kill American citizens without charge.

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