It is a disgrace that I have to stand on Capitol Hill and reveal this, that the FBI was once weaponized to track the private communications of U.S. lawmakers for political purposes. That error is over. Several of the senators who have allegedly been spied on not only spoke at the press conference 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. (15:35–15:48)
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Asserts that senators allegedly spied on will investigate the matter from a congressional standpoint.
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