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Bernie Sanders: “They cannot even undergo an independent audit.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Sen. Bernie Sanders | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #635

Published | Video Starts at 22:11

There is not one major defense contractor that has not been charged with fraud. Frauding being, you know, providing fraud to the United states government. Their CEOs make huge amounts of compensation. They cannot even undergo an independent audit. They're the only government agencies, so they don't even know what they own. I mean, it is so massive. But nobody, nobody, nobody, Republican, Democrat, Independent, nobody doubts that there's massive fraud. (22:11–22:15)

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