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Eric Holder: there is no institution that is too big to prosecute, no person who is too important to prosecute.

On the recordApril 7, 2014
there is no institution that is too big to prosecute, no person who is too important to prosecute.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Holder asserts the Justice Department's commitment to prosecute individuals and institutions regardless of size.

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