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Jamie Raskin: “Everybody's got a legal duty and civic duty to be there. And we have made ourselves perfectly clear that we will hold…”

On the recordMay 23, 2022
Everybody's got a legal duty and civic duty to be there. And we have made ourselves perfectly clear that we will hold people in contempt and try to get contempt prosecutions brought against them for violating their legal obligations here.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Raskin emphasizes the legal obligations of individuals to cooperate with the committee.

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