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Claire McCaskill: “There is a certain irony that we had a guy in the Oval Office for four years who totally disrespected the rule of law…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2022
There is a certain irony that we had a guy in the Oval Office for four years who totally disrespected the rule of law and thought that the attorney general was his personal lawyer. Didn`t understand the Constitution, didn`t understand that the attorney general did not work for him. He worked for -- with loyalty to the Constitution, and for the American people.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill discusses the previous administration's disrespect for the rule of law and contrasts it with President Biden's approach to the Department of Justice.

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