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A lot to cover. So, I'm starting with
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the AG. I want you to tell me whether or
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not it's lawful or lawless. Ignoring
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court orders.
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That's lawless.
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Impounding congressional funds
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violates the law.
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Invoking emergency powers when there is
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no emergency.
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Unlawful.
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Sending troops without an invite.
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Violates the law.
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Covering for pedophiles. I just threw
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that one in there. Okay, I'll move to
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the next one.
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What about revoking birthright
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citizenship?
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Violates the 14th amendment of the
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constitution.
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How about violating due process?
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Violates the fifth and 14th amendment of
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the constitution.
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How about um what we see happening with
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redistricting that would in some way
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minimize if not delete the voices of
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people of color as they are going
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through and illegally um going through
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this process. Is there a constitutional
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amendment that you can think of that is
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associated with that? Um, probably many,
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but it is unlawful and unconstitutional
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and unamerican.
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Thank you. As well as um, can you tell
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me if it is lawful or lawless to violate
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free speech?
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That's lawless.
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Okay, sounds about right cuz you know,
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we had to have a conversation about
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Jimmy Kimmel. So, I'm going to say free
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Jimmy Kimmel um, for sure. And hopefully
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we will deal with the FCC uh, chairman.
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But the reason that I wanted to go
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through that long list, and that was
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actually not even the half of it, is
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because since this administration has
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come in on January 20th, they have
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engaged in some form of every single
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thing that I said on that list, even the
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part about covering for pedophiles. So
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my question is, why are we sitting here
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today? Number one, they already passed
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their bootleg laws. And it's clear that
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even the bill author is not well
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informed about what his bill does
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because as has already been stated, at
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the at the age of 18, you are an adult.
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So this idea that somehow 21 year olds
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were now somehow juveniles under DC law,
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is that accurate or inaccurate?
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It was inac inaccurate. Misunderstood
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the way the law works.
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Correct. could not understand how to
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read the law and decided that they were
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going to rewrite the law and mess up the
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law. And to be clear, we were talking
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about judges being able to have enough
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discretion to decide whether or not they
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were going to give someone an
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opportunity maybe to clean their record,
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such as the bill author was given that
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opportunity under Florida law because
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his second felony was picked up when he
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was 21 to be clear. So, he was older
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than 18. And under this law, if you were
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under what? 25. So 24 or under, then the
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judges had discretion. Correct.
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But only in certain kinds of cases, not
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the most serious cases. And in fact,
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that discretion was, as we know,
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exercised very rarely. And it would have
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been an opportunity had the Congress
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wanted to talk with the folks who are
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involved in applying that law and seeing
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how it works to understand that this is
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not a law that's out of sync with other
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states and it's working.
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Thank you so much. And the reason that
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it matters is because now the gentleman
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from Florida is trying to become a
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governor. And chances are maybe DC once
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they get statethood could have had a
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future governor that had a second
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chance. But since they don't want other
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people to have chances that they've been
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given, they want to just pretend like
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they are bigger and better and better
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than. So I will move on because I am
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frustrated that we are having this
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hearing when we know that this
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administration can't take care of their
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own business. Uh, as we know, they
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recently illegally bombed yet another
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Venezuelan boat and we may be headed for
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a war. We know that uh this particular
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president has decided that he wants to
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shake down people um as relates to the
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First Amendment because he has filed not
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one lawsuit, not two lawsuits, but he
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has filed numerous lawsuits. He filed a
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lawsuit against the New York Times. He
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filed one against the Wall Street
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Journal, against CBS, against ABC,
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against the De Mo Register. He is doing
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all of this because he wants to quash
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any speech that is not appreciative or
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allowing him, which is pretty much
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anything that's factual. So, let's talk
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a few facts about these January 6 felons
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that should still be incarcerated
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because they went through the process.
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But because they were doing things on
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his behalf, of course, he wanted to let
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them go. So they released more than a
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thousand people who participated in the
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insurrection on this government, many of
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whom who had previous criminal records,
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like Mr. Theodore Mindenorf, who was
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convicted of predatory criminal sexual
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assault of a child, or Mr. Peter
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Schwarz, who had 38 prior convictions,
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including one where he beat his wife by
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repeatedly punching and biting her.
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Trump also pardoned Mr. David Daniel,
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who was convicted of production and
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possession of child pornography. Trump
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also pardoned Mr. Daniel Ball, who quote
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threw an explosive device that detonated
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upon at least 25 officers during the
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capital riot. He also had a record for
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quote domestic violence by
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strangulation. I'm not done. Trump also
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pardoned Mr. Andrew Taki, who sent nudes
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to an undercover law enforcement officer
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who was posing as a 15-year-old girl.
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Mr. Casey Hopkins also received a pardon
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from Trump. And Mr. Hopkins was
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convicted of forcible rape. According to
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court records, he quote have forcible
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intercourse with the victim, choked her
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to the point of impairing her vision,
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banged her head into a wall, and
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urinated into the victim's mouth as he
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humiliated her. These are the people
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that he decided to release in the
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streets of DC. So, if anybody does need
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to clean up DC, I would agree it is this
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man because he is the one that is
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causing half the crime that we have. Not
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only is he participating in the crime,
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but we know that he instigated the
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insurrection. And if I did say that I
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had one issue with the Biden Harris
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administration, it is the fact that they
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did not move forward and make sure that
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this man was put where he should have
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been put because the last time I checked
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as a criminal defense attorney and Mr.
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Attorney General, you may have a
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different experience. But I never had a
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defendant that had 34 convictions for
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felonies and did not spend one day in
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jail. Never in my life. And the last
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time I checked, the party of law and
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order is the only one that decided that
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they would be out of order and decided
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to nominate someone who was not only
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indicted, but was actually convicted of
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multiple felonies. That has never
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happened in this country. And it is a
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shame that we are dealing with it now.
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And now he wants to tell y'all how to do
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your jobs. Okay.
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From Rep. Jasmine Crockett