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John Cornyn: “This lawsuit was brought against the IRS and Treasury.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:44

As, as the President has said, that's the only time that he and I had any conversations about this at all was after when it was dead, when we said we're not moving forward. And This lawsuit was brought against the IRS and Treasury. Yet this release purports to apply to defendants or other agencies or departments. So does this release apply to. Let's say a investigation by the Security and Exchange Commission or some other federal agency. (05:44–05:48)

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