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Ted Cruz: “Congress passed [the law requiring senators subject to…”

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

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Senator Hirono Stands Up For the Rule of Law in Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 07:39

That senators subject to subpoena should be notified, that they could pass the law. Well, magically, we used a time machine to do that because Congress passed [the law requiring senators subject to subpoena to be notified] in 2004. It is in the United States code. It is black letter law. And Judge Boasberg disregarded that. Now, he did so at the invitation of Jack Smith. (07:39–07:43)

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Asserts that a law requiring senators to be notified of subpoenas was passed in 2004.

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