Sessions: Grabbing A Woman by Her Genitals Is 'Clearly' Sexual Assault (Video)

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Sessions: Grabbing A Woman by Her Genitals Is 'Clearly' Sexual Assault
Agitated but compliant, the senator answered Sen. Patrick Leahy's question about Trump's 2005 "grab them by the pussy" claim, and whether such actions would be unlawful without a woman's consent.
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          Jan 11, 2017
          
        
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Sessions: Grabbing A Woman by Her Genitals Is 'Clearly' Sexual Assault

Agitated but compliant, the senator answered Sen. Patrick Leahy's question about Trump's 2005 "grab them by the pussy" claim, and whether such actions would be unlawful without a woman's consent.

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