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Jeanine Pirro: “We are charging now individuals who sell drugs or give drugs…”

Featuring: Jeanine Pirro, Republican | United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | National

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Published | Video Starts at 09:45

Hold on. Led to 14 people being charged, 20 guns being seized. We're not only going after the people who are selling the drugs or trafficking in the drugs. We are charging now individuals who sell drugs or give drugs that are then used and result in the death of an individual with the crime of overdose resulting in death. So if they're selling drugs and someone dies, we're now prosecuting them for the actual death itself. Were not letting them get away with their poison. (09:45–10:03)

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Asserts that individuals are being charged with overdose resulting in death if their drugs cause fatalities.

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