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Dick Durbin: “The Trump administration fired career law enforcement…”

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

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In Senate Floor Speech, Durbin Calls For Reforms To FISA Section 702

Published | Video Starts at 09:35

What did the Trump administration do to the five member Privacy and Civil Liberties Board I just described? They removed the three Democrats on the board so it couldn't function. The Trump administration fired career law enforcement officials and public servants at the FBI and the Department of Justice. They've clean shod who would have been in response to these people would have been responsible that a program like 702 Be Lawful and nonpartisan. They're gone, removed by this administration. (09:35–09:44)

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