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Eric Swalwell: “They let out of the jailhouse 1600 individuals who committed…”

Featuring: Eric Swalwell, Democratic | U.S. House California, 14th Congressional District

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Eric Swalwell on CNN - Iran

Published | Video Starts at 04:21

We have to secure the homeland. Political violence in America has been on the rise in the last year. The FBI director has been focused on going after Donald Trump's political enemies. They let out of the jailhouse 1600 individuals who committed the insurrection on January 6th. They're trying to put in the jailhouse the president's enemies. And they're clearing out of the FBI any person they perceive as a enemy of the president, people who are just doing their jobs on lawful cases involving the president. (04:21–04:30)

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Asserts that 1600 individuals involved in the January 6th insurrection were released.

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