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In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, then Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, on her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Al Franken: ‘Frustrating’ to watch former Senate colleagues hold hearings

In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, then Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, on her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show

Former US Sen. Al Franken tests welcome on speaking circuit

In this Dec. 28, 2017, file photo, outgoing U.S. Sen. Al Franken speaks about his accomplishments and thanks his team in Minneapolis, as his eight years in the Senate are set to come to an end. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)

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Al Franken attends a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid says he wishes Al Franken would run again for office

In this Dec. 28, 2017, file photo, outgoing U.S. Sen. Al Franken speaks about his accomplishments and thanks his team in Minneapolis, as his eight years in the Senate are set to come to an end. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Al Franken ‘absolutely’ regrets Senate resignation for sexual misconduct allegations

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2017, file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., second from right, holds hands with his wife Franni Bryson, left, as he leaves the Capitol after speaking on the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken says he “absolutely” regrets resigning from the Senate after eight women accused him of unwanted kissing or touching. Franken made the comments in an article published by the New Yorker magazine on Monday, July 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Franken says he ‘absolutely’ regrets resigning from Senate

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., waves during the 2019 California Democratic Party State Organizing Convention in San Francisco, Saturday, June 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Pete Buttigieg breaks with Democratic senators on pushing out Al Franken

In this Dec. 28, 2017, file photo, outgoing U.S. Sen. Al Franken speaks about his accomplishments and thanks his team in Minneapolis, as his eight years in the Senate are set to come to an end. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Pete Buttigieg faults Democrats in forcing Al Franken to resign

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaks during a meet and greet with local residents, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Indianola, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sen. Gillibrand: Al Franken was ‘a strong senator’ but Senate ‘couldn’t stay silent’ on allegations

In this Dec. 28, 2017, file photo, outgoing U.S. Sen. Al Franken speaks about his accomplishments and thanks his team in Minneapolis, as his eight years in the Senate are set to come to an end. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Ex-Sen. Al Franken takes first steps back into public arena

Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., speaks after winning a special election race to fill the vacated seat of former Sen. Al Franken during a election night event Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien)

Minnesota voters clear Smith to serve out Franken’s term

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi openly questioned if Mr. Comey was “in the right job.”  Sen. Al Franken said Mr. Comey should face Senate hearings, and Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen called for Mr. Comey’s resignation.

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