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Adam Schiff: “We were concerned in the first Trump administration that…”

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

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Senator Adam Schiff Calls for Investigation into $400 Million Plane Deal Involving Trump Foundation

Published | Video Starts at 03:44

You give a convicted criminal immunity and you make him the most powerful person in the world. And he's going to abuse that power in innumerable ways. You know, if We were concerned in the first Trump administration that Gulf nations were trying to endear themselves to Donald Trump by buying whole suites at his hotels. whole floors at his hotels, that is chicken feed compared to the open graft that is going on now. And we can thank John Roberts for that. (03:44–03:54)

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Asserts that Gulf nations attempted to curry favor with Trump by purchasing hotel suites.

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