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Dick Durbin: “If Trump had prevailed in this effort to get the DOJ in on trying to overthrow the lawful results of the election, in…”

On the recordJune 13, 2022
If Trump had prevailed in this effort to get the DOJ in on trying to overthrow the lawful results of the election, in your view, might there have been crimes there? Certainly, but I don’t know all the details.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
msnbc.com

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Durbin discusses the potential criminal implications of Trump's actions regarding the DOJ.

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