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Mike Lee: “I refuse to accept this as just an act of either ordinary garden variety prosecutorial discretion.”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
I refuse to accept this as just an act of either ordinary garden variety prosecutorial discretion.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee argues against the notion that executive actions are merely prosecutorial discretion.

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