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Patrick Leahy: “I am frustrated with the legal argument that the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission made in a recent…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2014
I am frustrated with the legal argument that the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission made in a recent FOIA case.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy criticizes the Justice Department's legal stance on a FOIA case.

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