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Tim Walz: “The federal government cannot be trusted to lead this…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 13:11

But I have a strong statement here for our federal, our federal government, Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this. It must have the last word. As I told the White House in no uncertain terms this morning, The federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation. The state will handle it, period. Let me say something else and this is critically important. All of us understand what happened this morning and the tragedy of it. (13:11–13:17)

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Asserts that the federal government is not trustworthy to lead the investigation, and the state will take over.

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