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· 6/16/2014

Prosecutorial Discretion Regarding Citations for Contempt of Congress

Syllabus

A United States Attorney to whom a contempt of Congress citation is referred retains traditional prosecutorial discretion regardless of whether the contempt citation is related to an assertion of executive privilege.

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