All the investigation was, was an attempt to browbeat ordinary citizens out of their constitutional rights and expressions of their constitutional right, including of course, the First Amendment. It was an attempt to spy on members of Congress, including myself, who had our phones tapped. It's an absolute outrage that I hope will never happen again in American history. But I want to talk about another outrage today, if I could. (00:18–00:24)
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