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Dick Durbin: “We need an Attorney General above reproach who is clearly…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 14:30

This is a serious mistake for the Senate to approve Todd Blanche as the next Attorney General. If there is ever a moment in history when We need an Attorney General above reproach who is clearly dedicated to ending corruption even at the highest level of our government. it's right now. The history of this era will be written, and it will be a shameful history for those who are empowering this man, Todd Blanche, to take his … (14:30–14:39)

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Asserts the need for an Attorney General committed to ending high-level government corruption.

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