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Tim Kaine: “The case against Hernandez began when Donald Trump's…”

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Tim Kaine Goes Scorched Earth On Trump, Hegseth After Convicted Drug Trafficker Is Pardoned

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Trial testimony included a witness who quoted Hernandez saying that he wanted to shove drugs right up the nose of the gringos and they're never even going to know it. The case against Hernandez began when Donald Trump's Department of Justice prosecuted his brother Tony in 2019. During that trial and the subsequent trial of the former Honduran president in 2024, evidence showed that President Hernandez led a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the United States, engaged … (00:43–00:51)

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Asserts that the case against Hernandez began with the prosecution of his brother Tony by Trump's DOJ in 2019.

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