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Marco Rubio: “We either have a court order from a federal judge that…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies on Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 1:10:20

And in fact, some of the ships, remember, all of these ships that we're seizing with the oil are with court orders. They're either one of two things that We either have a court order from a federal judge that allows us to seize it because it's in violation of a sanction, or it's a flagless vessel in the shadow fleet. And we were many of these ships here involve Iran and some of that oil was going to be ultimately transferred to the excess refining capacity that China currently has. (1:10:20–1:10:28)

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