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Ted Cruz: “The Wall Street Journal reported this week that there was a…”

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Ted Cruz Discusses Epstein Files, Media Bias, and Defunding NPR on Verdict Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 08:57

Right now, Senator, I want to get in also to another big story that came out. It dealt with Epstein and the Wall Street Journal report, the President punching back extremely hard on this reporting. Well, The Wall Street Journal reported this week that there was a book prepared for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday and it had letters from a number of prominent people and that one of the letters was from Donald Trump. And this was a breathless article. And you're right, President Trump is punching back hard. He says it is fake. He says it is false. (08:57–09:11)

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