Patrick Leahy actually said...

I said it is not the Secretary of Justice, it is the Attorney General of the United States--not for the Republicans, not for the Democrats, but the United States.

Context

Leahy emphasizes the independence of the Attorney General from political parties.

01/27/2015

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