Hakeem Jeffries: “The Department of Justice has failed to comply with the law.”

“… in getting us to this point to try to push for maximum transparency and maximum accountability. And yet, of course, we all understood that the fight needed to continue because The Department of Justice has failed to comply with the law. This is a situation where public sentiment, as Abraham Lincoln once said, is everything. With it, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can proceed.” (04:56–05:00)

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