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Ted Cruz: “The idea that you would authorize subpoenas for nine U.S…”

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

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And I gotta say, I used to work at the Department of Justice. I was an Associate Deputy Attorney general back in 2001 when George W. Bush was president. The idea that you would authorize subpoenas for nine U.S. senators, for 20% of the Republicans in the Senate... There has never been a Department of Justice that wouldn't like that. that, would be willing to do that. That. That is an extraordinary step and it's a sign of just how corrupt these folks got. But it's not just the prosecutors. (09:01–09:19)

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Asserts that the DOJ's action of subpoenaing 20% of Republican senators is unprecedented.

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