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On the recordDecember 4, 2024
I introduced the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act as a way of saying that we will hold abusers accountable even if their own country does not.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin discusses the importance of the Magnitsky Act for accountability.

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