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Elissa Slotkin: “It was clearly when our lawyers sat down with them, just…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 11:46

We did it in public and Then talked about it to you and others in the media over and over and over again on public. So all the facts of the, the, of the so called case are public. Second of all, It was clearly when our lawyers sat down with them, just about checking a box and doing what the President wanted them to do. Their heart wasn't even in it. So I'm not going to legitimize a voluntary inquiry when it was so clearly something that was made up to fulfill the goals of this president. (11:46–11:54)

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Asserts that the inquiry was merely fulfilling President Trump's desires.

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