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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: U.S. Representative Jerry Nadler attends a rally to protest the executive order that President Donald Trump signed clamping down on refugee admissions and temporarily restricting travelers... NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: U.S. Representative Jerry Nadler attends a rally to protest the executive order that President Donald Trump signed clamping down on refugee admissions and temporarily restricting travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries in New York City on January 29, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage) MORE LESS
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Really key thing going on here with the Whitaker testimony. We’ve seen a number of cases under the Trump administration – and to be fair it didn’t start with them – where officials come up to the Hill and use a sort of down-low executive privilege claim. Rep. Jerry Nadler clearly wanted to put a stop to that.

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