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Elijah Cummings: “I want to make sure that there is no person--I don't care who they are--whose trial is jeopardized, that is able to get…”

On the recordJune 14, 2011
I want to make sure that there is no person--I don't care who they are--whose trial is jeopardized, that is able to get away, to get off of charges.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings emphasizes the importance of justice and not jeopardizing trials.

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