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Jamie Raskin: “The Department of Justice which people like to think of as a paragon of legal neutrality and objective decision-making…”

On the recordJune 22, 2022
The Department of Justice which people like to think of as a paragon of legal neutrality and objective decision-making suddenly being saturated by these outrageous political demands by the president of the United States.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Jamie Raskin discusses the political pressures faced by the Department of Justice under Donald Trump.

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