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Elissa Slotkin: “It's clear that he [President Trump] intends this money to…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:04

The people who would decide how that money would be spent and who it would be given to is a five person committee that would largely be named directly by President Trump. And It's clear that he [President Trump] intends this money to go to people he thinks have been wronged, particularly people who were involved in January 6th and the violent riot here in the Capitol. People who had been sentenced and convicted of violent crimes against police officers, including a January 6th guy who tased a police officer, who went on to have a heart attack and permanent brain damage. (08:04–08:17)

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Asserts that the fund is intended for individuals involved in the January 6th Capitol riot.

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