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Ted Cruz: “Verizon, unfortunately, did hand over the records of eight…”

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

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Ted Cruz: This can NEVER happen again!

Published | Video Starts at 04:13

You cannot let Cruz know about this subpoena because, as you just read, he found, as a judicial matter that if I was notified, I would destroy or tamper evidence and tamper with witnesses. Now, that is absolutely absurd. Verizon, unfortunately, did hand over the records of eight senators. The speech and debate clause did not dissuade them from doing so. And we've now found out those other eight senators, those subpoenas also came with judicial orders saying, you … (04:13–04:19)

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