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On the recordMay 29, 2024
Every time he's gotten in really serious trouble, it's been because he's tried to shake down the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to try to set up Joe Biden and lie about Joe Biden or, you know, here in this case, he wanted to pay hush money to keep something out of the news away from the voters, or he wanted to stage and incite an insurrection against the peaceful transfer of power.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin discusses Trump's repeated legal troubles and actions that undermine democratic norms.

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