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Ted Cruz: “The federal government subpoenas, donor lists, internal…”

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 02:06

Does that suggest, as it does to me, that he knew damn well what he was doing was illegal and would not be upheld in court? It does suggest that when The federal government subpoenas, donor lists, internal communications organization records implicate the First Amendment. and also Freedom association in particular? It does. And the Supreme Court made that clear in the NAACP case. (02:06–02:18)

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Asserts that subpoenaing donor lists and internal communications implicates the First Amendment.

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