Ted Cruz: “He clearly violated the law. He committed a felon felony…”

“The legal standard is you have to form what's called mens rea, which is intent. And they said, well, he's so old and senile, we can't charge him. So that's why they said, oh yeah, He clearly violated the law. He committed a felon felony. Remember, he kept classified materials everywhere, including his garage next to his antique car. Not a joke. That's real. And they said he was guilty of that, but they couldn't charge him because he was incompetent to stand trial.” (30:44–30:53)

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