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Patrick Leahy: “Well then, let me ask you this. Does the President have the right to authorize torture if it violates the laws that have…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Well then, let me ask you this. Does the President have the right to authorize torture if it violates the laws that have been passed by Congress and any other ones you cited?
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy questions the President's authority to authorize torture against existing laws.

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