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Dick Durbin: “The president made hundreds of millions of dollars off of a…”

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

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Durbin To Republican Colleagues: Oppose Todd Blanche's Nomination To Be Attorney General

Published | Video Starts at 13:53

In President's first year in office, in the second term, $2 billion. How did he do it? Well, you won't be surprised to know that there are cryptocurrency fingerprints all over this deal. The president made hundreds of millions of dollars off of a MEM coin or some contraption that comes out of the cryptocurrency world. That's the reality. And who is overseeing this operation? Todd Blanche. Man who wants to be the number one law enforcement officer in the United States of America. (13:53–14:02)

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Asserts that President Trump made hundreds of millions from a cryptocurrency-related venture.

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