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Patrick Leahy: “Prosecuting the former administration's lawyers might be popular with some of the President's most left-wing supporters…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
Prosecuting the former administration's lawyers might be popular with some of the President's most left-wing supporters, but I am confident that such prosecutions would threaten the professional integrity of Government lawyers.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy warns that prosecuting lawyers could undermine government integrity.

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