He told me that he had substantial reason to believe the governor was about to release one or more persons from the state prisons who were the targets of the United States investigation into payoffs to release people from our prisons. He asked me to take office in order to prevent that.
Lamar Alexander explained the reason behind his early swearing-in to prevent the outgoing governor from releasing prisoners under investigation.
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So you think it is appropriate for a Member of Congress to become involved in these decisions?
Which is why I think it's so important that we get over this pro-Trump, anti-Trump mask debate.
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