Hakeem Jeffries: “The reality is this indictment was very thin to begin with.”

“I've had the opportunity to spend time with him down in Laredo in South Texas. I look forward to that moving forward. Listen, The reality is this indictment was very thin to begin with. In my view, the charges were eventually going to be dismissed, if not at the trial court level by the Supreme Court, as they've repeatedly done in instances Just like this.” (02:14–02:20)

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