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Patrick Leahy: “I said it is not the Secretary of Justice, it is the Attorney General of the United States--not for the Republicans, not…”

On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
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.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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

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