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Mazie Hirono: “I think we are getting closer to the full range of Trump's big lie. And his use of the Department of Justice like it was…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2021
I think we are getting closer to the full range of Trump's big lie. And his use of the Department of Justice like it was his own law firm jumping over the Attorney General, acting Attorney General and trying to get them to push out the big lie. And so we are closer to get to the truth.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Senator Hirono discusses the ongoing investigation into Trump's actions regarding the election and the misuse of the Department of Justice.

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