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Jamie Raskin: “The leadership was apparently so perturbed and threatened by the IG investigation that they tried to shut it down.”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2019
The leadership was apparently so perturbed and threatened by the IG investigation that they tried to shut it down.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin highlights the Department of Education's reaction to the inspector general's investigation.

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