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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
When 64,000 pages are supposedly privileged, then I wonder, what does the President know about it if they can be protected that way?
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley questions the extent of executive privilege regarding withheld documents.

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