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Alex Padilla: “Misusing taxpayer funds to financially reward those insurrectionists because they were prosecuted and convicted for…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2025
Misusing taxpayer funds to financially reward those insurrectionists because they were prosecuted and convicted for their violent and destructive acts is unthinkable.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California
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cbsnews.com
Sep 30, 2025

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Senator Padilla's statement regarding the misuse of taxpayer funds for convicted Capitol rioters.

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