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Jamie Raskin: “The President cannot have the power to destroy our oversight investigative power.”

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
The President cannot have the power to destroy our oversight investigative power.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin emphasizes Congress's authority to impeach a corrupt President.

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