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Tim Kaine: “Ross Ulbricht facilitated more than $200 million of illicit…”

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

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Trump's Pardon of Drug Kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández Reeks of Corruption

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I'm going to do all I can to call attention to this horrible decision, to call attention to this potential corruption, and also to point out that a president who had pardoned somebody like this, who wanted to shove drugs up the nose … Ross Ulbricht facilitated more than $200 million of illicit drug transactions. … pardon Ross Ulbricht and the former President of Honduras? I think the only answer is that these guys were wealthy, that they had stuffed their bank accounts full of money … (00:56–01:18)

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Asserts that Ross Ulbricht facilitated over $200 million in illicit drug transactions.

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