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John Thune: “There are people in the past who have gone to jail for lying…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins Meet the Press on NBC

Published | Video Starts at 01:08

So I think these are just, this is the court, the courts are going to have to decide this. These are allegations. They're not unserious allegations. And There are people in the past who have gone to jail for lying to Congress. So I think I trust the judicial system and the justice system to figure this out. Obviously, they're going to have the final say in it. (01:08–01:12)

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Asserts that individuals have been jailed for lying to Congress in the past.

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