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Chris Christie: “When people under investigation decide to take the law into their own hands, to obstruct justice, to attempt to impede…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2016
When people under investigation decide to take the law into their own hands, to obstruct justice, to attempt to impede the rule of law it is our obligation to act swiftly and surely to end the obstruction.
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Chris Christie
Republican · New Jersey

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Chris Christie discusses the responsibility of law enforcement to act against those who obstruct justice.

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