On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
If you are in that seat, sir, because the White House has big expectations that you will protect the President from the due process of law, that should give every Senator pause.
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congress.govDick Durbin: “If you are in that seat, sir, because the White House has big expectations that you will protect the President from the…”
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Durbin expresses concern over the nominee's potential bias towards presidential immunity.
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