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Dick Durbin: “After he [Matthew Huddle] was released by President Trump…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Mr. Huddle was one of the demonstrators who came to the Capitol on January 6th. He was incarcerated and charged with pled guilty to crimes that he had committed violence against police officers. After he [Matthew Huddle] was released by President Trump, he returned to his home state of Indiana. A few days later, he was stopped on the road, pulled a gun on a policeman. The policeman, sheriff's deputy, turned, shot and killed him. (01:00–01:05)

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Asserts that Matthew Huddle returned to Indiana after being released by President Trump.

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