Adrian Fontes: “It's against the law for me to fulfill the request from the…”

“This is a moment right now when, like, here in Arizona, we should not be handing over any of our personal identifying information to the president. Not only should we not be doing it, but It's against the law for me to fulfill the request from the Department of Justice [for personal identifying information]. But let me make one thing very, very clear here as well. The Department of Justice has never asked the State of Arizona, through my office or any other means …” (01:43–01:50)

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