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Mazie Hirono: “President Trump tried to overturn an election on January 6…”

Featuring: Mazie Hirono, Democratic | U.S. Senate Hawaii

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Senator Hirono Stands Up For the Rule of Law in Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:01

We care about facts. Well, hey, here are facts that he's providing. If my colleagues are looking for someone to blame for their phone records being seized, they should blame President Trump tried to overturn an election on January 6 and called or had someone else call the senators in the process. But this impeachment crusade, this hearing is not about supposedly judicial misconduct. It is about intimidating and threatening judges who have the temerity to apply the law to Donald Trump and render decisions that Trump doesn't like. (01:01–01:17)

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Asserts that President Trump tried to overturn the election on January 6 and was involved in calls to senators.

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