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Ted Cruz: “The FBI statutory arrest authority, quote, authorizes extra…”

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

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Maduro Arrested-Why Trump Ordered this Historic Attack & the Detailed Legal Basis for his Authori...

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And Barr said several things. So it's a detailed opinion, by the way, you could read the entire opinion. The opinion is public. But Barr concluded that, number one, The FBI statutory arrest authority, quote, authorizes extra, extra territorial investigations and arrests. So that's in the statute, existing US Law, the FBI can go abroad and arrest someone. And, and bar concluded the President can lawfully order that extraterial, extraterritorial arrest. (41:35–41:44)

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Asserts that FBI statutory arrest authority allows extraterritorial investigations and arrests.

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