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Mick Mulvaney: “It is so often the cover up, Anderson, that is a bigger deal than the underlying potential crime itself.”

On the recordJuly 25, 2022
It is so often the cover up, Anderson, that is a bigger deal than the underlying potential crime itself.
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Mick Mulvaney
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Mick Mulvaney highlights the significance of obstruction of justice in the context of the January 6 events.

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