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Jeanine Pirro: “The Department of Justice has made a decision that they're…”

Featuring: Jeanine Pirro, Republican | United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | National

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However, if you are using a gun in a crime, then we're going to seize the gun and we're going to prosecute you for that. They are not at all inconsistent. Keep an AR15s and a semi automatic weapons that your office. The Department of Justice has made a decision that they're going to do whatever they're going to do. I am bound by the D.C. statute and the D.C. law. You want to add anything to that? No, just also, you could talk. Well, I mean, anybody who is a felon, who's possessing those types of weapons are of course going to be arrested and held accountable. (30:02)

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Asserts that the Department of Justice operates independently, and she is bound by D.C. laws.

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