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Ted Cruz: “It is not standard practice to subpoena 20% of the…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 07:58

Now, he did so at the invitation of Jack Smith. And I would say my Democrat colleague said, well, gosh, it's standard practice not to tell a judge the number you're subpoenaing. It is not standard practice to subpoena 20% of the Republicans in the Senate in the opposing party. And I'm confident my Democrat colleagues would be really pissed if the Trump DOJ subpoenaed 20% of the Democrats in the Senate and concluded with no basis in fact, that the mere fact that they are Democrats demonstrates. (07:58–08:04)

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Asserts that subpoenaing 20% of Republican senators is not standard practice.

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