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Ted Cruz: “They agreed to recommend sanctioning members of the Russian…”

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

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Ted Cruz and Tulsi Gabbard Discuss Alleged Obama Administration Hoax and Major Legislative Victories

Published | Video Starts at 06:40

On December 9, DNI Director Clapper, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Deputy FBI Director McCabe, they all met in person. And in that meeting, they reversed course entirely, 180 degrees. They flipped. And They agreed to recommend sanctioning members of the Russian military intelligence because of the Russia hoax. They tasked the intelligence community with creating an assessment of the tools Moscow used to influence the 2016 election. And that same day, deep state officials in the intelligence community began leaking false intelligence to the Washington Post. (06:40–06:49)

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Asserts that officials agreed to recommend sanctions on Russian military intelligence due to the Russia hoax.

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