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Tim Kaine: “In Eric Siebert's case, he refused to bring a criminal…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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And in Todd Gilbert's case, they wanted to force him to demote a longtime career member of the Western District of Virginia who had served under multiple administrations and presidents. He refused to do so. And In Eric Siebert's case, he refused to bring a criminal charge against a perceived Trump political opponent when there was no evidence to support the charge. President Trump's spending time going after enemies, trying to figure out a way to give $20 billion to a friend, the Argentine government, instead of dealing with the challenges we elected him to confront. (04:19–04:27)

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Asserts that Eric Siebert refused to bring unsupported charges against a Trump political opponent.

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