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Merrick Garland: “No person is above the law in this country. Nothing stops us... Even a former president?”

On the recordJuly 21, 2022
No person is above the law in this country. Nothing stops us... Even a former president?
Said by
Merrick Garland
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Garland asserts that no one, including a former president, is above the law.

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