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Recently released audio recordings reveal conversations that happened between the attorney general and Individuals who were later implicated and in some cases convicted in the feeding our future scandal In those recordings the attorney general order master speaker Stage your point of order Mason's 124 paragraph one in debate members must confine remarks the questions before the body and avoid personalities the debate here is not any Individual it is the policy and the amendment Representative Niska Thank You mr. Speaker the attorney general was asked in those recordings to use his authority to protect businesses under Investigation for wrongdoing and rather than distance himself or remain neutral to allow the legal process to unfold He responded in those recordings of course. I'm here to help mr. Speaker Point of parliamentary inquiry stage your point of parliamentary inquiry mr. Speaker there was a point of order and I didn't hear a ruling Or any resolution of the point of order was there a resolution to it? I'll remind the body that there was no ruling made by the speaker as to the point of order that was just stated Representative Niska. Thank You mr. Speaker The attorney general in those recordings even urged the individuals let's go fight these people he was offered campaign contributions during that meeting contributions that he later accepted the release of those audio recordings raises questions about what's going on in the attorney general's office that go directly to the need to pass the legislation that we had previously debated House file 20 Although he has insisted that nothing came of the meeting His office one of order miss speaker closure of closed investigative order Basins 124 the a11 will help ensure that what happens behind closed doors and the attorney general's office Sees the light of day we can protect people's privacy while shining a light on what the attorney general's office is doing Who is influencing that office whether it's those under a criminal investigation? Nonprofits corporations or billionaires with political agendas because Minnesotans have a right to know when their attorney general's office is working with them Minnesotans have a right to know whether the attorney general is telling the truth that nothing came of that meeting That's why the a11 is so important
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