Matt Gaetz: “Tina Peters was engaged in was a search for the truth.”

“Fortunately, we had restorative justice in your case with the pardon. But with Tina Peters, she didn't take a plea. She went there and defended her conduct to an end. And the conduct that Tina Peters was engaged in was a search for the truth. was to try to get information out. I remember during the Russia hoax when Devin Nunes was going through all this information and capturing the deep state and lies, he …” (07:54–07:57)

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