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Richard Blumenthal: “There was in effect an agreement, a meeting of the minds…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:03

What they will learn is that a contract can't be modified or changed by some outside party when there is a meeting of the minds, and There was in effect an agreement, a meeting of the minds, between Donald Trump and the United States of America to settle his case. Now Todd Blanche purports to change it. This document is a sham. It is a sham and a fraud on the Congress insofar as it seeks to change our minds by representing something that is patently false. (02:03–02:11)

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Asserts that there was a settlement agreement between Donald Trump and the U.S. government.

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