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Dick Durbin: “After the department's top career ethics lawyer advised you…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:28

… avoid conflicts of interest, a significant concern since you received nearly $10 million as a President's personal attorney. But you've gutted the DOJ offices that handle ethics and professional responsibility. After the department's top career ethics lawyer advised you to recuse yourself from any matters relating to Trump, that lawyer was fired. Every smarmy suspect deal in this administration has cryptocurrency behind the curtain. And again, it has happened when it comes to the billion dollar windfall that went to the president in his first year in office. (09:28–09:38)

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Asserts that an ethics lawyer was fired after advising recusal from Trump-related matters.

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