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Dick Durbin: “You have removed from the department some of the most…”

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

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Durbin to Blanche: Trump lost the 2020 election 'any eighth grader in America knows that'

Published | Video Starts at 07:45

I hope you'll explain that today. You told me yesterday you want to be Attorney General because you love the Department of Justice and you love prosecutors. But You have removed from the department some of the most effective prosecutors that have ever served our government. Done that for personal reasons. Purging career law enforcement officials who won't prioritize President Trump's interest over their oath to the Constitution. (07:45–07:51)

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