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Richard Blumenthal: “There is evidence in terms of exchanges that we understand…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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NEWS CONFERENCE: Blumenthal calls for antitrust investigation into Connecticut Sun sale

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

Happy to take questions. Do you have any evidence other than her statements June 1 and June 30 in New York and Houston? 2 New York Times and Houston. Well, There is evidence in terms of exchanges that we understand were made between the Mohegan owners and the governor and Mark Lasseri and others. I'm not at liberty to go into them, but clearly there was a strong interest if not a formal bid and it was blocked by the wnba. So the wnba. (02:14–02:31)

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