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Peter DeFazio: “Those clauses protect the country against efforts to corrupt the President.”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
Those clauses protect the country against efforts to corrupt the President.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

DeFazio explains the purpose of the Emoluments Clauses in the Constitution.

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