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Mark Kelly: “We're supposed to have an independent Department of Justice…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 04:52

I mean, just look at the Epstein files and what was reported just today that possibly DOJ has removed information that had his name on it. That's not the way the system is supposed to work. We're supposed to have an independent Department of Justice, independent from the White House. But he's weaponized it and he's uses it to protect himself. You represent Arizona, which went to the president by about 5 percentage points. What are you hearing from your voters down there about the current state of the U.S. economy? (04:52–05:01)

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Asserts that the president has weaponized the DOJ for self-protection.

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