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Dick Durbin: “Under your leadership, more than 1,000 FBI personnel were…”

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

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Another troubling attack on a judge for doing her job. Then there's the COVID up of the Epstein files, which former Attorney General Bondi herself said you were, quote, in charge of. Under your leadership, more than 1,000 FBI personnel were pulled off of other priorities and directed to flag Epstein records for any mentions of President Trump. When scrutiny of the COVID up intensified, you participated in meetings in the White House Situation Room to strategize about how to protect President Trump, not Epstein survivors. (05:47–05:59)

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