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John Cornyn: “That's why we've asked Pam Bodney, the attorney general, to…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Interview with Texas Senator John Cornyn on Constitutional Crisis and Legislative Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 01:55

Now, the hard thing is there's no jurisprudence and precedent behind a lot of these things, but by the letter of the law, these people would be guilty of these crimes. Well, That's why we've asked Pam Bodney, the attorney general, to look into this, to see what federal laws have been violated. And the ones you mentioned makes sense to me. Certainly, we need to ask, have these been violated? But Congress's responsibility is actually bigger than just that. (01:55–02:02)

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Asserts that Pam Bodney, the attorney general, has been asked to investigate potential federal law violations.

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