On the recordDecember 1, 2019
if we succumb to this notion that the President is above the law, then I think we are sacrificing the Democratic system.
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transcripts.cnn.comif we succumb to this notion that the President is above the law, then I think we are sacrificing the Democratic system.
Cohen warns that allowing the President to operate above the law threatens democracy.
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