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Chris Smith: “At the time too, many people thought when we said trafficking, including a number of U.S. attorneys that I talked to…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2023
At the time too, many people thought when we said trafficking, including a number of U.S. attorneys that I talked to about what were they doing, they said, you're talking about weapons, right? You're talking about drugs, right? And I said, no, we're talking about human beings.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith recounts misconceptions about human trafficking during the early discussions.

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