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John Cornyn: “His goal was to get a special counsel appointed, which…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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On Fox, Cornyn Discusses Former FBI Director Comey Indictment

Published | Video Starts at 00:52

… Trump, and made a number of decisions, including leaking confidential, maybe classified information through a Columbia law professor. And he at other times essentially admitted to that. And of course, His goal was to get a special counsel appointed, which ultimately happened when Robert Mueller was appointed. and then ensued a two year investigation which ended up with basically nothing to show for it. Let's play some of the reaction from some in the media to this indictment, which came down late yesterday. (00:52–01:00)

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Asserts that Comey's actions were aimed at getting a special counsel appointed, which resulted in Robert Mueller's appointment.

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