Ted Cruz: “The hitman told the Department of Justice, I was hired by…”

“Let's make it very clear on this show, as you described it, not one, but two that we know about were sent to try to take out and kill the President of America. That came directly from Iran. And by the way, The hitman told the Department of Justice, I was hired by Iran, I was trained by Iran, and my purpose was to murder President Trump. There's no dispute that it was Iran that was paying for this. And I will note if you remember last year when I was interviewed by Tucker Carlson, it was an unhinged interview, but he disputed me.” (07:42–07:51)

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