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

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:21

After when we determined not to move forward, 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 was a lawsuit 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? (06:21–06:25)

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