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Todd Blanche: “I had the opportunity to represent Paul Manafort in New York…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 12:09

Not so, anyway. But I was the only thing you've been wrong on so far. No, no. But hopefully. No. Yeah, that's right. So I had the opportunity to represent Paul Manafort in New York when the DA weaponized our laws in New York against him. I represented Igor Fruman, another guy who was weaponized coming out of the Mueller investigation. And then I represented some folks that had worked for President Trump. (12:09–12:19)

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