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Dick Durbin: “Your first indictment of former FBI Director Comey failed in…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:36

Well, we'll give you your chance. I hope that you produce the evidence to show one way or the other that the big lie is the truth or not the truth. Your first indictment of former FBI Director Comey failed in a case brought by an unqualified and unlawfully appointed U.S. attorney. Lindsey Halligan. 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. (12:36)

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Asserts that the indictment of Comey failed due to an unqualified and unlawfully appointed attorney.

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