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.
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…”
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Cummings emphasizes the importance of justice and not jeopardizing trials.
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