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Gavin Newsom: “His personal attorney now runs the Department of Justice…”

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Gavin Newsom: The Most Corrupt President in History Just Put Me on His Hit List

Published | Video Starts at 00:47

Donald Trump is simply the most corrupt president in American history. He's turned the levers of government into his own personal power. Ministries to reward cronies and to try to jail his opponents. His personal attorney now runs the Department of Justice, which has repeatedly gone after his political enemies. Ask Jerome Powell. Sent them after James Comey, James Adam Schiff. He sent them after Tim Waltz and a woman that a jury found Donald Trump had sexually abused. (00:47–00:54)

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Asserts that Trump's personal attorney controls the DOJ, targeting political enemies.

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