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Beto O'Rourke: “The law firms... contribute hundreds of millions of dollars…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 14:34

You saw Columbia made a $200 million deal. Harvard is looking at a 500, half a billion dollars that they're going to give him for what, I don't know. The law firms... contribute hundreds of millions of dollars of pro bono legal work to his [Donald Trump's] chosen causes. his chosen causes. Mark Zuckerberg, I don't know how many millions he's given Trump so far. Jeff Bezos, who essentially shut down the Washington Post that he owns, also contributing untold amounts of money to the President. (14:34–14:48)

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Asserts that law firms are contributing hundreds of millions in pro bono work to Donald Trump's causes.

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