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On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I believe, on your part that if it were an ordinary citizen, not the president of the United States, that this case would have been dismissed out of hand, and therefore, the same premise should have been accorded to the president because he's not below the standard or above the standard that you would apply to an ordinary citizen.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan
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Dec 1, 1997

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