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Ted Cruz: “It raises significant issues with the Speech and Debate…”

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

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BREAKING: Ted Cruz Questions Ex-FBI Special Agent About Jack Smith's Subpoenas For Senators' Records

Published | Video Starts at 01:28

Yet when he was deposed by the House and was specifically asked if he spoke with the Solicitor General, he said, on this discrete issue? No. Among other issues, It raises significant issues with the Speech and Debate clause. correct? Absolutely. So much so that as you noted, when Jack Smith subpoenaed AT&T to get my toll records, AT&T refused to comply with the subpoena because they concluded that it violated the Speech and Debate clause, is that correct? (01:28–01:32)

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Asserts that subpoenaing Congress members' toll records raises issues with the Speech and Debate clause.

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