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Cory Booker: “Cornyn is saying, yes, I passed. I did something to stop the…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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'His Amendment Is A Distraction': John Cornyn, Cory Booker Clash Over The Epstein Files In Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

Senator Corden's effort to conceal the Epstein files right here on 1 and 2, has now violated my amendment. There is no amendment anymore. It passed. That's right. That's. And Cornyn is saying, yes, I passed. I did something to stop the American public from seeing the Epstein files. It renders my amendment moot. That was the intention of Senator Cornyn's amendment that he just passed, which was to conceal. I have to respond. (00:26–00:33)

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