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Dave Yost: “The attorney general does not write and pass laws.”

Featuring: Dave Yost, Republican | Attorney General of Ohio

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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case

Published | Video Starts at 14:48

Somebody saying, well, there's a medical condition, you know, to make that fit all the standards that you would have to. For a law would be difficult, wouldn't it? I disagree. Now, obviously that's why we have a legislature. The attorney general does not write and pass laws. And I'm sure that some of these questions would be debated. But this would be a fairly easy law to write that crowdfunding is not available if you're a criminal defendant. (14:48–14:52)

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Asserts that the attorney general's role does not include writing and passing laws.

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