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Richard Blumenthal: “This document is a sham and a fraud on the Congress insofar…”

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

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'The Document Itself Is...': Richard Blumenthal Shreds Trump's AG Pick Blanche Before Senate Vote

Published | Video Starts at 02:20

… 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 and a fraud on the Congress insofar as it seeks to change our minds by representing something that is patently false. Commentators have talked about loopholes. There are no loopholes here. This document itself is a sham. In fact, one of its statements is that it incorporates all of Todd Blanche's testimony before this committee. (02:20–02:34)

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Asserts that the document presented by Todd Blanche is fraudulent and misrepresents facts to Congress.

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