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Eric Holder: “I think if one looks at the documents, that statement is manifestly true.”

On the recordJune 6, 2012
I think if one looks at the documents, that statement is manifestly true.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Holder agrees with the findings that Fast and Furious was not politically motivated.

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