Ben Ferguson: “Count one, false statement to the U.S. senate that he had…”

“This has done severe damage to the professionals and the honorable men and women at the FBI. All right, so you listen to that, and then you look at the indictment. Count one, false statement to the U.S. senate that he had not, quote, authorized someone else of the FBI to be an anonymous news source. Count two, Comey obstructed the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation through his, quote, false, false, and misleading statements. That is a big smoking gun. Well, it is. It's the basis of the indictment.” (04:20–04:29)

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