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Graham Platner: “We have so many crimes to investigate at this point, we…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner on MS Now with Jen Psaki

Published | Video Starts at 05:45

I want the Trump administration not to function because everyone in the White House is being hauled under subpoena in front of a Senate committee day after day after day. Not just because one, We have so many crimes to investigate at this point, we could probably be doing this for the next 30 years. but two, because a lever of power, using subpoena power, bringing people in for investigations, that keeps them busy and that doesn't allow them to go start another stupid war. (05:45–05:51)

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Asserts that there are numerous crimes by the Trump administration that could be investigated for decades.

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