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Dick Durbin: “The statute was viewed by the Congress when it reconsidered it in 1999 as being unrestrained, unaccountable…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
The statute was viewed by the Congress when it reconsidered it in 1999 as being unrestrained, unaccountable, impermissible, and the statute was not renewed
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin criticized the independent counsel statute for being unaccountable and not renewed.

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