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Jerry Nadler: “This isn't something that needs to be adjudicated by the third branch, the judicial branch, because there is no--there…”

On the recordDecember 10, 2019
This isn't something that needs to be adjudicated by the third branch, the judicial branch, because there is no--there is no privilege being asserted here.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler argues that the lack of asserted privilege means judicial intervention isn't necessary.

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