the Justice Department browbeat and coerced Fort Smith into accepting this consent decree.
Greg Gianforte: “the Justice Department browbeat and coerced Fort Smith into accepting this consent decree.”
On the recordJuly 24, 2017
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Gianforte discusses the pressure Fort Smith faced from the Justice Department regarding a consent decree.
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