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On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
If that is the hang-up, if that is the issue is that cops and prosecutors are somehow going to benefit financially from this forfeiture, then just take that away and send it to the general fund because I don't know a prosecutor or a cop that majored in business or economics.
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Trey Gowdy
Republican · South Carolina

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Gowdy discusses concerns over financial incentives in law enforcement related to asset forfeiture.

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