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Todd Blanche: “Well, I think that they, they that the terms have been used…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:21

They're not. There's not. Have they been defined in any case or any statute? Not that I'm aware of, no. So they're not a legal term of art? Well, I think that they, they that the terms have been used by the legal community and by people within government. But no, I don't, I'm not sure that they're in Black's law dictionary. So we don't know what covers. (08:21–08:30)

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Asserts that 'lawfare' and 'weaponization' have been used by the legal community and government.

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