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John Ratcliffe: “Democrats accused the president of treason, of being a…”

Featuring: John Ratcliffe, Republican | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | National

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Ratcliffe Discusses Trump's Third State of the Union Address

Published | Video Starts at 01:41

I don't know how they won't punish Democrats for what they've done. This started with, you know, Congresswoman Dingell talked about Democrats wanting to, you know, about the country being divided. This all started, Martha, when Democrats accused the president of treason, of being a Russian agent. And then it continued when they said that he should be impeached for firing the FBI director who had initiated an illegal surveillance of his campaign that the FISA court and the FBI now acknowledge wasn't properly predicated. (01:41–01:45)

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