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Tom Cotton: “No, Peter, I disagree with the jury's verdict here. A jury can only act within the constraints that a judge puts on it…”

On the recordJune 1, 2024
No, Peter, I disagree with the jury's verdict here. A jury can only act within the constraints that a judge puts on it, and this case was rigged from the very beginning.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Tom Cotton expressed his disagreement with the jury's verdict, claiming the trial was rigged.

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