At the Jack Smith hearing, Jasmine Crockett accuses Donald Trump of ignoring court orders, starting wars without congressional authority, enriching himself by over $1.4 billion and shaking down TV stations for money. She asks why anyone would pretend January 6th was out of character for him, and says she believes the only reason he ran for president was to avoid being prosecuted.
The receipt
- Who
- Jasmine Crockett
- Where
- hearing - Jack Smith hearing chaired by Jim Jordan
- Original footage
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- Length
- 54 seconds, unedited within the cut
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In fact, considering the fact that we are now under the impression that he is violating people's due process rights, he is ignoring court orders, he's starting wars without congressional authority in contradiction to the Constitution, he's enriching himself to the tune of over $1 .4 billion, he's shaking down electives to draw maps that will help him stay in power because the Republicans don't understand that they swore an oath to the Constitution and that we are supposed to do checks and balances. He's also shaking down TV stations to get money. So why are we trying to pretend as if it is out of the realm for this particular man to commit the crime that he committed on January 6th? And frankly, the only reason he ran for president was to make sure that he would not be prosecuted because I fully believe that you would have put him under the jail based on our long form conversation that we had but according to your counsel your
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