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By: Dick Durbin

Date: Jan. 30, 2020

Issues: Executive Branch Legislative Branch

"The argument Prof. Dershowitz made yesterday would set a dangerous precedent for Presidential power. If we accept that a President's personal/political interests are equal to our national interest, then it may well become impossible for Congress to hold any President accountable."

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