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Jamie Raskin: “The role of the House is to act as the grand jury and the prosecutor, and the actual trial takes place over in the…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
The role of the House is to act as the grand jury and the prosecutor, and the actual trial takes place over in the Senate.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin explains the House's role in the impeachment process.

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