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Ted Cruz: “A DHS official tells former DNI James Clapper that there…”

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Ted Cruz and Tulsi Gabbard Discuss Allegations Against Obama in Russia Election Meddling

Published | Video Starts at 04:56

That's what's explosive here, is that their repeated testimony to Congress was false. And you go through some of the facts that Tulsi put out. So, August 31, 2016, A DHS official tells former DNI James Clapper that there was, quote, no indication of a Russian threat to directly manipulate the actual vote count. That's what they're saying. In August of 2016, September 2, 2016, the FBI said it was, quote, uncomfortable, implying that there was definitive information that Russia intends to disrupt our election. (04:56–05:06)

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Asserts that a DHS official reported no Russian threat to manipulate vote counts in August 2016.

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