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James Comer Jr.: “It looks like that decision came, yes, from the Trump…”

Featuring: James Comer Jr., Republican | U.S. House Kentucky, 1st Congressional District

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Did the Trump Justice Department make a mistake in 2019 when it asked and basically ordered the state of New Mexico to stop its investigation into Zorro Ranch, where Jeffrey Epstein is now clear abused young women. It looks like that decision came, yes, from the Trump Department of Justice, but specifically from the Southern District of New York. And you know, Ms. Comey was the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York. (07:57–08:05)

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Asserts that the decision to stop the investigation into Zorro Ranch came from the Trump DOJ, specifically the Southern District of New York.

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