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Hakeem Jeffries: “Donald Trump is trying to use the Department of Injustice as…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on MSNBC's The Beat

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

The Department of Injustice has been weaponized to target Trump critics and adversaries and perceived enemies in ways that undermine the notion of this country as one anchored in the rule of law. And now, of course, as you've pointed out, Donald Trump is trying to use the Department of Injustice as part of his ongoing pay to play scheme, the largest that we've seen in the history of the country. And he's doing it without any shame. And it remains to be seen whether anyone within the administration is willing to actually stand up to him at this point in … (00:34–00:46)

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Asserts that Trump is using the DOJ in a large pay-to-play scheme.

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