Patrick Leahy actually said...

I talked yesterday about as a young law student being recruited by the then-Attorney General of the United States to come to work for him, and I had asked him whether he would stand up to the President of the United States if need be.

Context

Leahy reflects on a past conversation with Attorney General Robert Kennedy about standing up to presidential pressure.

01/27/2015

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