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Mary Gay Scanlon: it is sad and maybe even pathetic how far from that legacy the current division has fallen

On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
it is sad and maybe even pathetic how far from that legacy the current division has fallen
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the politicization of the Department of Justice under the Trump administration.

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