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Chris Coons: A key way to ensure that no one is or should be above the law is to ensure that the President is not above the law by…

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
A key way to ensure that no one is or should be above the law is to ensure that the President is not above the law by preventing him from firing someone appointed to investigate him.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Stresses the need to hold the President accountable under the law.

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