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Henry Cuellar: “I think their attorneys gave them bad advice, but they pled…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Dem Rep. Henry Cuellar reveals why he thinks he got a Trump pardon

Published | Video Starts at 03:49

We saw when they were question by them and we saw how their testimony shifted and the pressure that they were put on. And quite honestly, I think their attorneys gave them bad advice, but they pled guilty. I think they should have not pled guilty on it. But again, we looked at all that testimony, those two witnesses that you talked about and they never, never said there was quip for code. (03:49–03:54)

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Asserts that his aides received bad legal advice leading to their guilty pleas.

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