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Jim Jordan: “Prosecutorial discretion is not announcing in advance in an election year because you are trying to court a certain…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
Prosecutorial discretion is not announcing in advance in an election year because you are trying to court a certain constituency that we are not going to enforce this law. If you don't like the law, change it.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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Jordan criticizes the use of prosecutorial discretion in an election year.

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