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Ruben Gallego: “We spent a lot of money, a couple million dollars, trying to…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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You won't believe what they did this time.

Published | Video Starts at 00:23

So for years, the administration, both Biden and now Trump administration, have been working hard to bring back this woman from Belarusia who was involved in espionage and trying to move things across the board that she wasn't supposed to. So We spent a lot of money, a couple million dollars, trying to get this woman back. And we were successful. We got her back. So you could bring her back and prosecute her. More importantly, most likely, we also want to get a lot of information of her, like, who was paying you? (00:23–00:28)

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