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Adam Schiff: “The court actions that have held Donald Trump accountable…”

Featuring: Adam Schiff, Democratic | U.S. Senate, California

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Adam Schiff Criticizes Controversial Bill Impacting Healthcare, SNAP, and Judiciary

Published | Video Starts at 05:45

What this means as a practical matter is that the court actions that have held Donald Trump accountable, that have stopped illegal things from happening, or tried cases like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, where The court actions that have held Donald Trump accountable... the courts would lose much of their power to do it because people couldn't afford to bring these cases. So this is an effort to essentially neuter the judiciary branch, the one branch of government that has been willing to stand up to this lawless administration that is also in this big, what I would call ugly bill. (05:45–06:06)

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Asserts that the bill would weaken court actions against the administration by making it financially difficult to bring cases.

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