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Sherrod Brown: “John Husted was part of the corruption where the speaker of…”

Featuring: Sherrod Brown, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Published | Video Starts at 07:09

And it's clear John Husted's on the side of the billionaires. And he's on the side of First Energy, the electric company that's overcharging. And he John Husted was part of the corruption where the speaker of the House went to prison for taking a $61 million bribe. And now the executives are on trial. And John, he said, was called to testify. All of those things are his life, not the struggles of so many middle class and working class and poor people in this country. (07:09–07:17)

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Asserts that John Husted was involved in a corruption scandal related to a $61 million bribe.

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