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Amy Klobuchar: “Sadly, what happened was he and a number of the lead fraud…”

Featuring: Amy Klobuchar, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 08:54

And also I actually advocated for the person, Joe Thompson, the lead prosecutor on these cases, to be acting attorney during the Trump administration. He's a fantastic prosecutor. And Sadly, what happened was he and a number of the lead fraud prosecutors had to resign last week because in their view, they were asked to do things that they felt were unethical involving the Renee Good investigation. Senator, let me ask you, you filed paperwork this week, widely seen as making your first moves towards a run for governor in Minnesota. Are you running for governor in Minnesota. (08:54–09:10)

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Asserts that Joe Thompson and other prosecutors resigned due to ethical concerns in the Renee Good investigation.

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