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John Thune: “The prosecutor threatened legal action if the carriers who…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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The law requires notification when a United States Senator when their personal information is acquired. And what happened was is The prosecutor threatened legal action if the carriers who were collecting this data on individual senators, if they did provide the notice that was required under the law. the prosecutor clearly went around the law. And so I just believe for a future of protection not only of this institution but of individual United States Senators, it's going … (05:10–05:24)

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Asserts that a prosecutor threatened legal action against carriers for notifying senators as required by law.

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