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Hillary Clinton: When you're a lawyer, you often don't have the choice as to who you will represent and by the very nature of criminal…

On the recordMay 24, 2016
When you're a lawyer, you often don't have the choice as to who you will represent and by the very nature of criminal law, there will be those who you represent that you don't approve of but at least in our system you have an obligation and once I was appointed, I fulfilled that obligation.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton defends her actions as a lawyer representing a client she did not approve of.

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