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Sherrod Brown says Jon Husted took $116,000 from Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator.

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Now playing on All Clips Sherrod Brown says Jon Husted took $116,000 from Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator. Sherrod Brown Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

Sherrod Brown, at an Acton and Brown campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, says Husted had to testify in defense of indicted FirstEnergy utility executives in what Brown calls the state's largest bribery scandal ever. Brown also says Husted took more from Epstein's co-conspirator than any member of Congress, then voted to block the release of the Epstein files.

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Who
Sherrod Brown
Where
rally - Acton and Brown campaign event in Toledo, Ohio
Original footage
Reuters · watch the full video from this moment
Length
38 seconds, unedited within the cut
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So I want to talk for a moment about the kinds of people that John Eustead surrounds himself with. John Eustead had to testify in a criminal trial in defense of the indicted first energy utility executives. In the state's largest bribery scandal ever, Eustead was called in to defend his utility executive buddies. You said took $116 ,000 from Jeffrey Epstein's Koch conspirator, more than any member of Congress, and then he voted to block the release of the Epstein files.

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