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Ron Johnson: “It's hard to prove crimes in a courtroom. It's even more…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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You need hard documents, you need hard evidence and they can't know what you have before you start interviewing them. So again, you know, these investigations are extremely difficult. It's hard to prove crimes in a courtroom. It's even more difficult when you're in Congress. You've got a very limited budget. You don't have the. Yeah, we can subpoena people. We have very limited ability to actually enforce those subpoenas. (14:44–14:50)

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Asserts that proving crimes is more difficult in Congress than in a courtroom.

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