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Dick Durbin: “My understanding is that the performers on this J6 choir…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:33

What did you have to do with it? Simply to raise funds to assist families of nonviolent offenders whose kids needed college education payments and whose rent needed being paid. My understanding is that the performers on this J6 choir were the rioters who are in prison. I'm not aware of that, sir. I didn't have anything to do with the recording. You weren't aware of who made the recording? No, Senator. That's interesting. (04:33–04:40)

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Asserts that the performers on the J6 choir recording were imprisoned rioters.

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