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Patrick Leahy: “It was Attorney General Holder who decided, based upon his own review of the matter, to seek to dismiss the indictment.”

On the recordMarch 27, 2012
It was Attorney General Holder who decided, based upon his own review of the matter, to seek to dismiss the indictment.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy notes Holder's decision to dismiss the indictment in the Stevens case.

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