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Edward Markey: “It also includes a provision which precludes any further…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Senator Markey on The Weeknight, MSNow

Published | Video Starts at 01:08

This is not going away. This is just going to build. It's a $1.8 billion slush fund. And again, remember, It also includes a provision which precludes any further cases being brought against Trump, his children, or his allies for tax violations. So this is. This is an impeachment offense. It is corruption. It is the high crime and misdemeanor that, in fact, the Constitution anticipated. And we are not going to allow them to escape. (01:08–01:17)

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Asserts that the fund includes a provision preventing further tax violation cases against Trump and his associates.

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