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Jake Auchincloss: “This is what happens when you appoint your personal attorney…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:44

Because my understanding is that this fund isn't overseen by Congress. This is something within the executive branch, Right? Oh, the President was very careful to negotiate that. This. This is what happens when you appoint your personal attorney to be the Attorney General of the United States. is that you Create these slush funds for friends, for family, for felons like this weaponization fund has become. Congress absolutely should exert oversight over this. (02:44–02:49)

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Asserts that appointing a personal attorney as Attorney General leads to issues like the weaponization fund.

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