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John Yoo: Trump Is Trying to ‘Restore the Energetic Executive That Our Founders Wanted’

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Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo joins 'Varney & Co.' to weigh in on the legal challenges to President Donald Trump's executive orders and the efforts to cut spending.

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