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On the recordMarch 3, 2009
The very decision to initiate what amounts to a criminal investigation, whether or not it is formally designated as such, is too weighty to be outsourced to commissions operating outside of the constitutionally prescribed tripartite framework of our National Government.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the importance of maintaining constitutional authority in criminal investigations.

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