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Jeh Johnson: I could foresee problems with codifying in the law in the abstract a requirement of equal access to witnesses.

On the recordJuly 29, 2009
I could foresee problems with codifying in the law in the abstract a requirement of equal access to witnesses.
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Jeh Johnson
Democratic · New York

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Johnson expresses caution about implementing equal access to witnesses in law.

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