Sen. Jon Ossoff on Trump's family business dealings: "It is really mind blowing"
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) talks to Jen Psaki about President Donald Trump and his family's business dealings including Jared Kushner taking billions of dollars from the Saudis and the selling of private dinners and White House tours to people who invest in his family businesses. 'The depth of corruption and self-dealing and self-enrichment by the Trump family, during this term, is something that we have never, ever seen in the United States.'
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