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Dick Durbin: “Wyoming U.S. attorney nominee Darren Smith was on the…”

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

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During Police Week, Durbin Calls Out Hypocrisy Of Confirming Trump's Anti-Law Enforcement Nominees

Published | Video Starts at 01:34

140/Law enforcement agents were harassed and intimidated by this mob. And that's a fact. And to ignore that in Police Week, for God's sake, is impossible to explain. For example, Wyoming U.S. attorney nominee Darren Smith was on the Capitol grounds on January 6. just happened to be here and made the reprehensible claim that police officers who risked their life that day, and you saw the videos, were guilty of, quote, massive incompetence. (01:34–01:41)

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Asserts that Darren Smith, a nominee, was present on the Capitol grounds on January 6.

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