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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
So while I hear some of my colleagues talk about the independence of the Attorney General, well, it is perhaps some independence, but it really is the independence of one's personal conviction.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Grassley comments on the perceived independence of the Attorney General in relation to presidential authority.

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