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Lee Zeldin: “Since January 20, in the first year of the Trump…”

Featuring: Lee Zeldin, Republican | Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency | National

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Published | Video Starts at 07:13

Can I answer? Oh, thank you. Thank you, Chairman. So it's interesting you're saying that we're letting polluters off the hook. Yeah. Is that your position? Yeah. Okay, so Since January 20, in the first year of the Trump administration, we sentenced more criminal defendants. 100. Compared to the 91 of the last year [of the Biden administration]. The Biden administration, we obtained far more in criminal fees and restitution. The last year of the Biden administration, The number is 57.7 million. In the first year of the Trump administration, it's 561.9 million. (07:13–07:24)

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Asserts that the Trump administration sentenced more criminal defendants in its first year than the last year of the Biden administration.

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