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On the recordJune 24, 2020
Jay Clayton can allow himself to be used in this brazen Trump-Barr scheme to interfere with the investigations by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, or he can stand up, withdraw his name from consideration, and save his reputation.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer criticizes Jay Clayton's potential nomination related to a Trump-Barr scheme.

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