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Trey Gowdy: “Your Department is asked to enforce certain statutes, Title 18 statutes. You have prosecutorial discretion.”

On the recordApril 7, 2014
Your Department is asked to enforce certain statutes, Title 18 statutes. You have prosecutorial discretion.
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Trey Gowdy
Republican · South Carolina

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Gowdy discusses the role of prosecutorial discretion in law enforcement.

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