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Jamie Raskin: “There`s not a general catch all federal statute that allows for Congress to make criminal referrals to the Department of…”

On the recordJune 14, 2022
There`s not a general catch all federal statute that allows for Congress to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice. We have the power and the authority. And I think the duty to publish all the information we have about crimes that have taken place, we have even already committed ourselves to the proposition that crimes have taken place.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Raskin explains Congress's authority to publish information about crimes related to the January 6 events.

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