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Dick Durbin: “You have also baselessly indicted the Southern Poverty Law…”

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

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So now Mr. Comey is being prosecuted for taking pictures of seashells. This prosecution, personally ordered by the president, who despises Mr. Comey for overseeing the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. You have also baselessly indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center. a civil rights organization that has worked tirelessly to expose violent extremists like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, a group which we in the Senate know well for their January 6th escapade. (13:01–13:06)

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