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Mazie Hirono: “Trump's family has made at least $5 billion from the same…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:43

That's why they're doing this. I'd say, you know, it's practically extortion, if not extortion, for this kind of overt corruption to be happening. And then Trump's family has made at least $5 billion from the same cryptocurrency market that Trump's administration refuses to regulate. And in case anyone needs a reminder, the President himself was convicted of 34, 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. That is called fraud. (01:43–01:55)

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Asserts that Trump's family made $5 billion from a cryptocurrency market that his administration does not regulate.

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