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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2004 file photo, Bill Cosby addresses a gathering at the 34th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington. Bill Cosby doesn't plan to testify when he goes on trial Monday June 5, 2017 on sexual assault charges, but the rambling, disturbing testimony he gave a decade ago in the accuser's civil suit could prove just as crucial. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 16, 2006 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby raises his arm to the audience on the campus of University of the District of Columbia in Washington. The panel discussion on issues facing low income Americans is being called a "Call Out with Bill Cosby". (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 1965 file photo, actor-comedian Bill Cosby, right, and his wife, Camille, arrive at the TV Academy awards in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Camille Cosby released a statement on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 in support of her husband. The statement is the first public comment from Cosby's long-time wife since a wave of sexual assault allegations began swirling several weeks earlier. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - This Oct. 25, 1982 file photo shows comedian, actor and author Bill Cosby. On Monday, June 5, 2017, Cosby goes on trial on sexual assault charges stemming from a 2004 encounter at his home near Philadelphia. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo Andrea Constand walks her dogs in Toronto, Canada. Comedian Bill Cosby goes on trial Monday, Monday, June 5, 2017, on sexual assault charges stemming from a 2004 encounter with Constand at his home near Philadelphia. (Marta Iwanek/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 file photo, Bill Cosby, center, arrives for the second day of jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pa. The case is set for trial on June 5, 2017 in suburban Philadelphia. (Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, Pool)
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In this April 3, 2017, file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby leaves after a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Bill Cosby doesn't plan to testify when he goes on trial Monday June 5, 2017, on sexual assault charges, but the rambling, disturbing testimony he gave a decade ago in the accuser's civil suit could prove just as crucial. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Rissa Khan of Denver holds up a sign during a protest against the polices of President Donald Trump Saturday, June 3, 2017, in downtown Denver. More than 300 people were on hand for the anti-Trump rally, which featured speakers calling for resistance to the administration. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Chris Pitchford of Denver holds up a sign during a protest against the polices of President Donald Trump Saturday, June 3, 2017, in downtown Denver. More than 300 people were on hand for the anti-Trump rally, which featured speakers calling for resistance to the administration. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Joy Miller of Boulder, Colo., holds up a placard during a protest against the polices of President Donald Trump Saturday, June 3, 2017, in downtown Denver. More than 300 people were on hand for the anti-Trump rally, which featured speakers calling for resistance to the administration. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Fe Baron of Boulder, Colo., holds up a sign during a protest against the polices of President Donald Trump Saturday, June 3, 2017, in downtown Denver. The anti-Trump rally featured speakers calling for resistance to the administration. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2016, file photo, nurses express support for a ballot proposition to limit what California state agencies pay for prescription drugs, during a rally with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in downtown Los Angeles. Pharmaceutical companies provided more than $109 million to oppose the measure before California voters rejected it, but a similar citizen-initiated statute is headed to Ohio's Nov. 7, 2017, ballot, titled the Ohio Drug Price Relief Act. It seeks to bar state agencies from buying drugs at prices higher than those paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which receives deep discounts. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 26, 2017 photo, Ronnie Rosenberg laughs while trying to pose for a photo with Tuco, a dog who she helped adopt out in Fairbanks, Alaska. Shelter animals that are old, sick, disabled or have behavioral problems may never find a home. They often go overlooked during visits, invisible to prospective adopters, but not to Ronnie Rosenberg. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)
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FILE- In this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo, Andrea Constand walks her dogs in Toronto. Bill Cosby goes on trial Monday, June 5, 2017, in suburban Philadelphia in a sexual assault case that will largely rest on the testimony of Constand. (Marta Iwanek/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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FILE- In this Aug. 1, 1987 file photo, Andrea Constand poses for a photo in Toronto. Bill Cosby goes on trial Monday, June 5, 2017, in suburban Philadelphia in a sexual assault case that will largely rest on the testimony of Constand. (Ron Bull/The Toronto Star/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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This undated photo provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's office shows George Tschaggeny. Portland police say Tschaggeny stole a wedding ring and backpack from one of the men who was killed while responding to a racist tirade on a light-rail train in Portland, Ore., on May 26, 2017. (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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National Economic Director Gary Cohn speaks in the briefing room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. President Donald Trump is proposing dramatically reducing the taxes paid by corporations big and small in an overhaul his administration says will spur economic growth and bring jobs and prosperity to the middle class. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2014 file photo, Democrat Jorge Elorza celebrates his win over Independent Vincent Cianci, Jr. in the Providence mayoral race, in Providence, R.I. Rhode Island's largest city, Providence, has approved Thursday, June 1, 2017, final passage of a police accountability measure proponents say could be a national model to prevent discriminatory profiling based on race, gender identity and immigration status. Elorza has said he'll sign the legislation into law. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)
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In this Wednesday, May 24, 2017, photo, after weeks of brewing racial tension on campus, hundreds of students at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., protest against the college administration and demanded change. (Lisa Pemberton/The Olympian via AP) ** FILE **
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John and Annette Grunseth, whose adult daughter is transgender, speak at a news conference on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. The couple joined Democratic lawmakers who introduced a proposal to protect transgender people from discrimination. John Grunseth says he worries his daughter will be fired from a job simply for being herself. (AP Photo/Cara Lombardo)
