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Steve King: “I accepted the prosecutorial discretion when it dealt with individuals. I do not when it deals with groups of people…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2012
I accepted the prosecutorial discretion when it dealt with individuals. I do not when it deals with groups of people that are created by a memorandum.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

King distinguishes between individual and group applications of prosecutorial discretion.

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