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Ted Cruz: “August 31st of 2016, a DHS official tells former DNI…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz and Tulsi Gabbard Discuss Alleged Obama Administration Hoax and Major Legislative Victories

Published | Video Starts at 04:29

And what I want to do is I want to walk through a little bit this timeline and give you the specific facts. So August 31st of 2016, a DHS official tells former DNI director James Clapper that there was, quote, no indication of a Russian threat to directly manipulate the actual vote count. That's in August of 2016. Then September 2, 2016, the FBI said it was, quote, uncomfortable, implying that there was definitive information that Russia intended to disrupt our elections. (04:29–04:45)

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Asserts that a DHS official informed James Clapper of no Russian threat to manipulate vote counts on August 31, 2016.

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