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Amy Klobuchar: “There have been at least 90 people who have been charged so…”

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

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He has been clear about that. So as a former prosecutor, what I believe is that people who rip off the taxpayers have to go to jail. There have been at least 90 people who have been charged so far, 80 under the past administration, additional ones now. I was a strong supporter, personally advocated for more funding to take on these righteous fraud cases. And also I actually advocated for the person, Joe Thompson, the lead prosecutor on these cases, to be acting attorney during the Trump administration. (08:25–08:33)

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