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Eugene Vindman: “We should be treating this as a criminal investigation.”

Featuring: Eugene Vindman, Democratic | U.S. House, Virginia, District 7

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CNN: Vindman Calls for Investigation Over Hegseth Boat Strikes

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

And so anything. My personal opinion is that anything you hear from the administration and the Department of Defense should be treated with extreme skepticism. And the second thing is that We should be treating this as a criminal investigation. And so as a former prosecutor, a JAG prosecutor, law war advisor, including in Iraq and in the White House, what I'm hearing right now raises some pretty serious alarm bells and should be investigated as a crime. (00:42–00:46)

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