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Jake Auchincloss: “The drugs are coming from China. They're not coming from…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Jeffrey Goldberg, Meghna Chakrabarti, and Rep. Jake Auchincloss in Boston on America at 250

Published | Video Starts at 54:58

Chevron has a joint operating agreement to run those oil reserves with the Venezuelan state company. This is not about drugs. I was on the fentanyl working group. The drugs are coming from China. They're not coming from Venezuela. This is about oil. It's about money, war crimes. The secretary should be allowed to present his side of the case. (54:58–55:02)

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Asserts that drug imports, specifically fentanyl, are from China, not Venezuela.

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