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Adam Schiff: “The prosecutor wouldn't go along with it. She said, there's…”

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

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Adam Schiff Criticizes Judge Jeanine Pirro's Appointment as Acting U.S. Attorney

Published | Video Starts at 07:59

So he instructed a prosecutor in his office to tell the bank holding the funds that there was a criminal investigation, that they couldn't release these funds. That was a lie. The prosecutor wouldn't go along with it. She said, there's no evidentiary basis. I need to have an evidentiary basis to say there's a criminal investigation. So she was pushed out, she was fired or forced to resign. (07:59–08:04)

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Asserts that a prosecutor refused to support Ed Martin's false claims due to lack of evidence.

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