… which you just heard, but said that they are also going to be looking into this from a congressional standpoint. And to put it just an overall perspective for you, Senator Hawley called Smith's actions not only an abuse of power beyond Watergate, beyond J. Edgar Hoover, one that directly strikes, he said, at the Constitution, the separation of powers and the First Amendment. And thank goodness that President Donald Trump has put great men in charge of the FBI to root out this pure evil that is inside of it. (15:51–16:06)
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