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John Ratcliffe: “Even the FBI director admitted to me last week that at least…”

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The very first one, we know for a fact, as you correctly point out, that Even the FBI director admitted to me last week that at least two of the four [wiretaps into Carter Page] were illegal surveillance. I don't think there was a proper predicate to do any of this. I don't think any of this was appropriate. And I think that's what John Durham is looking at specifically. (05:52–06:00)

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Asserts that the FBI director acknowledged two wiretaps on Carter Page were illegal.

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