Cruz calls Obama, Biden actions in Russia probe 'much, much worse' than 'everything Richard Nixon did'

The actions of former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden in the early days of the Russia investigation were "much, much worse" than Richard Nixon's during the Watergate scandal, U. S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Wednesday.

"This was, from day one, a politicized, partisan targeting of the president -- of his campaign, of his team, of General [Michael] Flynn, of Carter Page. It was wrong. It was abusive," Cruz said during an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity."

"Take everything Richard Nixon did in office that was wrong -- abusing power -- and by any measure, what Barack Obama and Joe Biden did was much, much worse."

Earlier Wednesday, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee -- on which Cruz serves -- as the first witness in a new investigation into the origins of the Russia probe. During his testimony, Rosenstein acknowledged that he would not have signed a surveillance-warrant renewal application for former Trump campaign aide Carter Page had he known about the since-revealed "significant errors... (Read more)

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