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Ted Cruz: “This has done severe damage to the professionals and the…”

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

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KEY MOMENT: This Tense Back-And-Forth Between Ted Cruz And James Comey Is Central To DOJ Charge

Published | Video Starts at 08:13

The FBI and the Department of Justice were politicized and weaponized. And in my opinion, there are only two possibilities, that you were deliberately corrupt or woefully incompetent. And I don't believe you were incompetent. This has done severe damage to the professionals and the honorable men and women at the FBI. because law enforcement should not be used as a political weapon. And that is the legacy you have left. Senator Blumenthal. (08:13–08:20)

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Asserts that the politicization and weaponization of the FBI and DOJ have severely damaged the FBI's professionals.

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