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Dick Durbin: “We're giving money to people who were convicted of a crime…”

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 09:19

Well, it didn't go over very well with Congress because as we read this decree by the Trump administration, people said, wait a minute, We're giving money to people who were convicted of a crime of attacking the Capitol, disrupting the business of the Senate, injuring 149 Capitol policemen. We're going to give them not only a pardon, but some sort of financial compensation. That was the plan, the anti Weaponization fund. And who was the person who executed that plan? (09:19–09:32)

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Asserts that the plan involved giving money to those convicted of attacking the Capitol and injuring 149 policemen.

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