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Alex Padilla: “I was in the federal building here in Los Angeles for a…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla Discusses Controversial Detention at DHS Briefing on MSNBC

Published | Video Starts at 01:59

What's your response and what's your version of what happened? Well, first of all, that's ridiculous. It's a lie. But par for the course for this administration, right? Here's the state Look, I was in the federal building here in Los Angeles for a scheduled briefing. just as one of my colleagues and I had to go all the way to Guantanamo Bay to begin to get information about that facility being used as a detention facility. (01:59–02:05)

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