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Ted Cruz: “The Russia hoax was a hoax. It was concocted through the…”

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

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And the degree to which the government was complicit in partisan politics, but not just partisan politics, partisan politics. That was false. That was a lie. This was made up. The Russia hoax was a hoax. It was concocted through the Hillary Clinton campaign. It was laundered through the FBI and the Department of Justice. and it was a lie. That was a political attack job. And I want to commend John Ratcliffe, the head of the CIA, a good friend of mine, for making this public, for drawing accountability and truth to what occurred. (08:55–09:06)

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Asserts that the Russia investigation was a fabricated effort by the Clinton campaign, involving the FBI and DOJ.

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