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Dick Durbin: “Mr. Smith supported the Department of Justice effort to…”

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

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During Police Week, Durbin Calls Out Hypocrisy Of Confirming Trump's Anti-Law Enforcement Nominees

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Jean Carroll, who's been awarded nearly $90 million in damages after juries found President Trump liable for sexual abuse. Just last week, Mr. Smith filed a motion in which he once again challenged the verdicts against the president and Mr. Smith supported the Department of Justice effort to intervene. Apart from his representation of President Trump, Mr. Smith's record shows he's ideologically extreme. While working in the Missouri Attorney General's office, he joined the baseless effort to challenge the results of the 2020 election. (06:22–07:35)

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Asserts that Mr. Smith supported the DOJ's effort to intervene in the case.

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