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Mike Johnson: “They controlled the Department of Justice for the last four…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Republican Leaders Discuss 'One Big Beautiful Bill' and Policy Achievements Under Trump Administration

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Because the Democrats are trying to play gotcha politics right now when as the leader just pointed out, they don't have any moral high ground on this at all. They controlled the Department of Justice for the last four years. Has anyone forgotten they had all these files the entire time. They sat on everything Epstein related for four long years while President Biden was in office. (21:58–22:01)

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