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Ben Cline: “You sought a prior restraint against President Trump without…”

Featuring: Ben Cline, Republican | U.S. House Virginia, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 01:47

Yes. But in fact, that case resulted in a jury deadlock on five charges and acquittal on another charge, is that correct? That is my recollection. That's correct. You sought a prior restraint against President Trump without a single violation of pretrial release. In fact, there was no real world harm that you could articulate justified giving the federal government the power to silence him as a presidential candidate. Was there. (01:47–01:53)

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