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Richard Blumenthal: “It sends a couple messages. First of all, the judge indicated that the crime justified this three years, a significant…”

On the recordDecember 11, 2018
It sends a couple messages. First of all, the judge indicated that the crime justified this three years, a significant sentence, because it was serious and sophisticated. Second, there were statements in court and there's other evidence that Donald Trump directed the crime. And third, the term, co-conspirator, is beginning to fit Donald Trump like a well-tailored suit.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Blumenthal discusses the implications of the judge's ruling on Michael Cohen's sentence and its connection to Donald Trump's involvement in the crime.

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