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Todd Blanche: “Circumstances change, whether it's circumstances within the…”

Featuring: Todd Blanche, Republican | United States Deputy Attorney General | National

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DOJ announces antitrust probe of major meatpackers over beef prices

Published | Video Starts at 24:39

Can you tell us what is different about this investigation into meatpacking? I mean, we open and close investigations regularly. I think that Circumstances change, whether it's circumstances within the Department of Justice and priorities that we have, but also within the industry. And you just heard a lot of facts and numbers and data and statistics that explain why we're doing our investigation now, why we started it, you know, last year. (24:39–24:47)

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Asserts that changes in circumstances and priorities within the Department of Justice and the industry affect investigations.

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