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Patrick Leahy: “Even during the Bush administration, the Department of Justice conducted its own investigation over a period of 5 years…”

On the recordJune 25, 2012
Even during the Bush administration, the Department of Justice conducted its own investigation over a period of 5 years and did not find any type of massive voter impersonation fraud taking place across this country.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights a lack of evidence for widespread voter impersonation fraud from a past investigation.

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