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On the recordJanuary 26, 2012
The blind trust is an age-old ruse, if you will, which is to say, you can always tell the blind trust what it can and cannot do. You give a blind trust rules.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Romney critiques the concept of blind trusts, suggesting they can be manipulated.

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