That's one narrative. Another narrative is that the maximum pressure put on the Attorney General was to provide reasoning and rationale for why she declined to use a tool—an entirely legal tool—that was provided by cabinet, a deferred prosecution agreement, which was made available for certain cases. Deferred prosecution agreements are not illegal acts. They're legal tools. It's how we got the two Michaels back from China.
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