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David Axelrod: “I think what the government is arguing and would know better than I is that he really is bet hardly a lawyer at all…”

On the recordApril 15, 2018
I think what the government is arguing and would know better than I is that he really is bet hardly a lawyer at all, that much of what he does has nothing to do with law in the traditional sense.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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David Axelrod discusses the role of Michael Cohen as more of a fixer than a traditional lawyer.

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