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

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

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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) opening statement at acting AG Blanche's confirmation hearing

Published | Video Starts at 12:33

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. (12:33–12:38)

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