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Tom Cotton: “If New York was a foreign country, America would sanction them for trying to target the weaponization of the legal…”

On the recordJune 1, 2024
If New York was a foreign country, America would sanction them for trying to target the weaponization of the legal system, their political opponents, and rigging election outcomes.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Senator Cotton criticizes the legal actions against Donald Trump as politically motivated.

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