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Carl Levin: “We are not talking illegality here. We are talking tax avoidance.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
We are not talking illegality here. We are talking tax avoidance.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin clarifies that the issue at hand is tax avoidance, not illegal activities.

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