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Ted Cruz: “They [DOJ under Obama] began targeting their political…”

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

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And then what Richard Nixon tried to do to the justice system, Barack Obama succeeded in doing, he came in as this almost messiah figure. And DOJ Eric Holder as Attorney General, you had Lois Lerner at the irs. They [DOJ under Obama] began targeting their political opponents, targeting anyone that they disagreed with, and also protecting their friends. During the Trump administration, the first term, they went underground, but they waged war on the President. These are the people that created fraudulent documents submitted to the FISA court in order to try to go after President Trump. (01:01–20:11)

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Asserts that the DOJ under Obama targeted political opponents and protected allies.

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