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Mike Johnson: “Typically when a member is facing serious charges, they will…”

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

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I'll note this with Sheriff Eliz McCormick, for example, who will have her, effectively her sentencing phase of that process today, that's a very rare thing. The last one was in2010 against a former member, Charlie Rangel, because Typically when a member is facing serious charges, they will just resign from Congress. You saw two examples of that last week. This particular individual decided not to do that. I mean, she's gone all the way and she. (24:44–24:50)

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Asserts that members of Congress usually resign when facing serious charges.

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