Sen. Josh Hawley Gets Into a Heated Exchange with Minn. AG Ellison, Calls for Him To Be Indicted

EXCERPT:

HAWLEY: “I'm reading the transcript. 'The amount of money circulating in our community today is powerful, and we haven't realized it in a meaningful way.' And you said, 'Give me the specifics.' And nine days later --”
ELLISON: “Sir --”
HAWLEY: “-- you took $10,000 --”
ELLISON: “That -- that's -- that's a lie.”
HAWLEY: “-- from people who were then indicted. It's in your reports. Why did you do it?”
ELLISON: “Sir -- sir this --”
HAWLEY: “Was it worth it?”
ELLISON: “You know what? This is a theatrical performance.”
HAWLEY: “$10,000. This is the truth.”
ELLISON: “It has nothing to do --”
HAWLEY: “This is what accountability looks like, of which you've had none.”
ELLISON: “No, no, no. The fact --”
HAWLEY: “You helped fraudsters defraud your state --”
ELLISON: “Lie.”
HAWLEY: “-- and this government of $9 billion --”
ELLISON: “Sir --”
HAWLEY: “-- and you got --”
ELLISON: “Sir, this is --”
HAWLEY: “-- a fat campaign contribution out of it.”
ELLISON: “Sir, this is completely untrue.”
HAWLEY: “You ought to be indicted.”