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John Hickenlooper: “There are a couple thousand lawyers, many of them…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Tim's Address on Political Frustrations and Civic Engagement in Grand Junction

Published | Video Starts at 04:48

It's so serious. But we've also made sure that we have whistleblowers throughout the federal bureaucracy. So every illegal activity that the White House begins and takes on, someone's observing it. There are a couple thousand lawyers, many of them volunteering their time, many of them working for a different nonprofit, but they are litigating and trying to create accountability upon all these illegal firings. and clawing back. I mean, I can't tell how many people in this room, but I'm sure that a significant number of people in this room are affected to somewhere … (04:48–05:03)

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Asserts that thousands of lawyers are working to litigate and create accountability for illegal firings.

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